Shirley Butcher, LPCC

Shirley Butcher is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Minnesota with six years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and LGBT-related concerns, and offers help for codependency patterns and attachment struggles.

She focuses on practical, moment-to-moment work in sessions. Shirley listens for how relationships and early family patterns affect daily life. She helps people notice repeated reactions, like people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or getting stuck around someone else's moods or drinking. Sessions include talking through current problems and practicing new ways to respond.

Her approach combines talking with skill-building. She uses attachment ideas to look at how close relationships shape feelings and behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break down thoughts and actions that keep problems going. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and on EMDR when trauma processing is needed.

Shirley brings experience in both mental health therapy and alcohol and drug counseling. That background informs work with addictions and with clients whose lives include co-occurring concerns. She keeps explanations straightforward and gives concrete tools to try between sessions.

People who reach out are often managing relationship strain, family of origin issues, or persistent guilt and shame. Shirley helps people make small, sustainable changes so they can set clearer limits, feel steadier around others, and regain a sense of control.

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