Shelley sees a shrink

Shelley Unwin gets psychological on the Street next week, as she goes to visit a therapist.

12:09 17 August 2005

Shelley Unwin gets psychological on the Street next week, as she goes to visit a therapist.

It's all looking good for the embattled barmaid as she conducts deep and meaningful conversations with Zack, the therapist, and begins to regain her confidence.

But there's a catch, of course. Zack was booked by Shelley's beastly boyfriend Charlie, who wants to know exactly what Zack and Shelley have been talking about.

He accosts Zack as he leaves the Rovers, making it difficult for the shrink to keep his code of confidentiality.

But when Charlie gets no luck from Zack, he turns to his downtrodden girlfriend to extract information. Shelley says Zack is "nice", prompting Charlie to blast her for wasting his money on having friendly little chats.

With wedding bells in the air for the miserable couple, could this be the unhappiest union in the history of soap?