About Shannan
Shannan Katz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and other life changes. She offers a steady listening presence and practical support for people feeling overwhelmed or uncertain. Her approach is warm and direct depending on what the person needs.
Katz focuses on building understanding of thoughts and feelings so clients can move toward their goals. Sessions begin with a video meeting and often continue by phone, though other formats are available.
Background and approach
She welcomes clients who want to address sexuality and intimacy topics and those from the LGBT community. In the room she balances heart-centered listening with structured feedback. That means time to talk openly and also clear steps to try between sessions.
She works with common struggles such as depression, grief, addictions, trauma, body image, and parenting stress. With 11 years of clinical experience she brings a calm, steady style to difficult topics. Katz holds a Master of Arts and the credentials MA LMHC and OH LPCC.
She practices in Ohio and conducts therapy in English. Her toolbox includes client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. These methods are used to help people reduce worry, improve communication, and make concrete changes in daily life.
Approaches that fit into online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgment, which helps people feel heard and more able to talk through anxiety, relationship concerns, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers concrete exercises to reduce worry, improve sleep, or change unhelpful habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance that can be used during intense moments. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs, and then recommend or combine methods that match the client's situation. Clients can expect to review how techniques are working and adjust the plan over time. Online formats provide flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well for follow-ups or when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for short check-ins or to track progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work days, caregiving routines, or times when stepping out is difficult.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Massachusetts, California
- Languages
- English
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