About Carolyn
Carolyn "Kari" Homan Shannon is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and intense emotional reactions. She keeps sessions direct and practical so worried parents can quickly see what to expect. Kari speaks plain language and aims to help people find relief and regain daily functioning.
Kari uses several approaches to help people move forward. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns.
Background and approach
She also uses emotion-focused methods to help people express and process painful feelings safely. Therapy with Kari often begins with short, focused work to reduce overwhelming symptoms. After initial relief, she shifts to teaching skills for coping, communication, and self-care.
Sessions emphasize concrete strategies that a person can try between meetings. She has 18 years of experience in mental health and has supported people coping with trauma, grief, depression, and stress. That background informs how she structures sessions and sets goals with each person.
Kari practices in Texas as an LPC - licensed professional counselor - and offers help in English. She accepts international clients and uses a mix of session formats so people can choose what fits their life best.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting swept away by them and then take action toward meaningful values. It can help when anxiety or avoidance keeps someone from doing what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behavior in clear, step-by-step ways to reduce anxious or depressive symptoms. It is useful for sleep problems, worry, and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and expressing core emotions to improve emotional processing and healing after loss or trauma.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Early sessions often focus on symptom relief, then shift to teaching skills and building longer-term coping strategies in collaboration with the client.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow a near face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing skill coaching easier to fit into a busy day. These options help people stay consistent with care and try techniques between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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