Shirley Souder, LMFT, LCSW

Shirley holds licenses as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Indiana. She works in English and sees people both in Indiana and internationally.

Shirley mixes Attachment-Based ideas with client-centered and cognitive approaches. Sessions often look at how patterns started and what keeps them going.

She helps people name feelings, test different behaviors, and try small changes between meetings. Her background includes study in psychology and Christian counseling, and she incorporates faith-based values when clients request that perspective.

Shirley focuses on concrete skills such as emotional forgiveness, communication strategies, and coping techniques for stress and anxiety. She also offers coaching around career moves, interviewing, and adapting to new life rhythms.

People come to her for help with relationship concerns, parenting questions, grief, addiction struggles, and ADHD-related challenges. She works with intimacy and self-esteem issues, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions can also address more specific topics like blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, and coping after trauma. Shirley uses a straightforward style.

She asks practical questions, helps set clear goals, and suggests exercises to try between sessions. Her aim is to help people make measurable changes they can carry into daily life.