Shirley Banton

Shirley Banton offers a calm, supportive space for people in the United Kingdom who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stressed. She works with individuals struggling with decision-making, motivation or self-confidence and provides an environment where those experiences can be explored and understood.

As a compassionate and non-judgmental therapist, she aims to help clients find clarity and practical relief when daily pressures feel heavy. Her approach is focused on building resilience and practical coping skills tailored to each person's situation.

Her clinical work draws on Person-Centred counselling together with Transpersonal therapy principles, and she is fully Trauma-Informed. In plain terms, this means she places the client's experience at the centre of therapy while also attending to broader psychological and spiritual dimensions, and she works with an awareness of the impacts of trauma.

Shirley has 11 years of therapy experience and significant experience supporting domestic violence survivors and people affected by emotional, physical and psychological abuse. In addition, she brings over 20 years of work in further and higher education, which gives her insight into the stress, anxiety and burnout often faced by students, educators and young adults.

She offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse recovery, relationship and family difficulties, addictions, grief and life changes, as well as issues related to self-esteem, parenting and career. Online sessions are available to make beginning therapy more accessible.

By choosing to work with Shirley, people take a practical step toward greater wellbeing. If someone is ready to pursue a happier, healthier and more confident future, she would be honoured to walk alongside them through that process.