I am credentialed in the United Kingdom with 4 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, issues formed in childhood, abuse, coping with grief, coping with loss, motivation, self esteem, & confidence.
I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and will tailor our sessions together to meet your unique and specific needs.
I know that it takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change and I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Coping with addictions, LGBTQ+ related issues, Trauma and abuse, Coping with grief and loss, Intimacy related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Motivation, self esteem, and confidence, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Executive and professional coaching, Compassion fatigue, Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD), Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Eating and food-related issues, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, Hoarding, Immigration issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
NCPS Therapist - Accredited Member (MNCPS Accred) #NCS23-02867
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Shelly Thomas-Baines. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Wonderful lady! Very warm and welcoming, as well as kind, supportive and an exceptionally good listener. I love Shelly’s strategy, she gives me self work to do in between sessions and I already feel so much better. Highly recommend!
Written on Oct 22, 2026 after therapy with Shelly for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Shelly has been very helpful for working through some key relationship and boundary issues. I have had therapy before and needed and wanted someone I could get straight into it with, and Shelly has been exactly who I needed. Thank you.
Written on Aug 26, 2026 after therapy with Shelly for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and adhd
Really enjoying my sessions with Shelly, she is very understanding and allows me to get into the things I struggle with. She articulates well and is easy to understand which helps you to answer the questions you're asked. She is a really warm & welcoming person.
Written on Oct 01, 2025 after therapy with Shelly for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
Shelly is such a good listener, amongst all my ramblings of things I have been storing up for a long time, she is able find a thread and offer suggestions of how I could move on and take things forward. I’m very thankful for her friendly and caring approach.
Written on Aug 27, 2025 after therapy with Shelly for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Lovely lady, very easy to talk to.
Written on Jul 12, 2025 after therapy with Shelly for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
I’m so glad Shelly has been appointed as my therapist. She’s really understanding and good at getting to the root of my problems. I highly recommend her and the BetterHelp community.
Written on Jul 09, 2025 after therapy with Shelly for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and grief