Shirley Currier became drawn to counseling through her own recovery from addiction. Thirty-four years ago, after seven years in recovery, she trained as a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and began working in a psychiatrist’s office counseling patients with addictions.

As her experience deepened, she observed that substance use problems often reflected other mental and psychological issues. That realization led her back to school, and in 2000 she earned a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Over the years she has built 19 years of therapy experience across multiple settings, including physician offices, non-profit agencies, day treatment programs, and Harris County court diversion programs for offenders.

Shirley draws on a range of therapeutic methods – cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, solution-focused, and trauma recovery – and approaches each person with the belief that clients are the experts on their own struggles. She brings her clinical knowledge and lived experience to collaborate with clients in finding a path to recovery. Known as a liberal thinker, she is accepting of varied lifestyle choices.

Licensed in Texas as both a professional counselor and a marriage and family therapist, Shirley works with people facing addictions, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, major life changes, stress and anxiety, grief, intimacy and parenting concerns, anger management, self-esteem and career difficulties, as well as bipolar disorder, depression, and compassion fatigue. If someone is ready to begin their journey, she would be honored to accompany them.