Shirley Grube, LCSW

Licensed in Pennsylvania · 40 years in practice

Shirley Grube uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress and life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW001900L · expires February 2027
NPI: 1740177963 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Shirley

Shirley Grube uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage stress and life changes. She is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania with forty years of professional experience. Shirley keeps work straightforward and goal-focused so people can see steady progress.

Shirley often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks problems into manageable steps and builds new ways of thinking and acting. She helps people facing anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and low self-esteem.

Background and approach

Many come for support with career pressures, workplace issues, or coping after loss and major transitions. Addiction and substance concerns are within her range of experience, including drug and alcohol addiction and related recovery challenges. She also works with anger, trauma and abuse, and relationship or communication problems when individuals want to improve interactions and set healthier boundaries.

Grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling are areas she understands from years of practice. She aims to help people find practical tools for daily life while also acknowledging emotional loss and adjustment. Shirley frames therapy around the person’s strengths and encourages small, sustainable steps forward.

Her style is supportive, direct, and empowering. She invites people to identify goals and tries to match techniques to each person’s situation. Shirley views clients as the experts on their lives and partners with them to build coping skills and greater confidence.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Shirley names

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

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Online support

CBT and practical tools for online support

Shirley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify the thoughts and habits that keep problems going. CBT breaks a problem into small parts so you can try new ways of thinking and acting, which can reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood.

She focuses on straightforward skills that can be practiced between sessions, such as challenging unhelpful thoughts, building routines, and planning steps for change. That approach is useful for workplace stress, coping with life transitions, addiction recovery work, and grief-related adjustment.

Choosing the right way to work together is a collaborative process. Shirley will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then adapt techniques and session pace to fit what they need. She aims to match approach and tools to the situation rather than use one fixed method.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support shorter check-ins or note-taking between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Shirley focus on?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career and workplace issues, and coping with life changes. Other areas include addiction, grief, trauma, anger, and ADHD.

What is Shirley's therapeutic style?

She uses a practical, goal-focused approach and often applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Sessions aim to build skills you can use between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

Shirley has forty years of professional experience helping people with a wide range of concerns. That span includes work with grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling.

Where is Shirley licensed and based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania and conducts her practice from that state.

Are sessions offered in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted at this time.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

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