About Connor
Connor O'Shea is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, and low mood. He writes short, clear plans with clients and focuses on practical steps they can use between sessions. Connor aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can speak honestly and be heard.
He draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
Background and approach
In sessions he balances skills practice with talking about difficult memories and current problems. The goal is to reduce overwhelming feelings and increase day-to-day functioning. Connor has five years of clinical experience and holds LPC credentials in multiple states.
He adapts conversations and strategies to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. That means sessions can be focused on coping tools, processing painful experiences, or improving how someone connects with others. Common concerns he addresses include anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.
He also works with issues like attachment wounds, abandonment concerns, body image, eating and food-related problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. People who prefer straightforward, skills-based work alongside deeper emotional processing may find his style helpful. He offers sessions for English speakers in Kansas and uses a mix of talk, practical exercises, and goal-setting to support progress.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Connor often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward what matters, which can be useful for anxiety and low mood.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. CBT breaks problems into manageable steps and gives concrete exercises to try between sessions, which helps with anxiety, stress, and mood. For people with strong emotional reactions or difficulty regulating feelings, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used to teach grounding and distress-tolerance skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Connor will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then together they will decide which techniques to focus on. The aim is a collaborative plan that fits the client's needs rather than a fixed method imposed from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and communication styles. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper processing, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging work well for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still using ACT, CBT, or DBT skills in practical ways.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Colorado, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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