About Shannon
Shannon Amabile is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with clients facing relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and major life changes. Her approach aims to give practical tools so people feel steadier day to day.
Shannon favors straightforward, solution-oriented work. Sessions often include behavioral strategies to produce quick relief and build forward momentum. She brings curiosity and a nonjudgmental stance so people can tell their stories and feel heard.
Background and approach
She blends several methods to match a person’s needs, using cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and acceptance-based ideas to address difficult thoughts and emotions. Conversations also focus on improving communication, building self-trust, and practicing de-escalation skills for tense moments. Shannon has eight years of clinical experience and has worked in educational, residential, corporate, and production-related settings as well as online.
That mix informs how she helps people navigate both personal and work-related emotional challenges in creative and high-pressure environments. In sessions she helps people process family of origin issues, attachment concerns, codependency, and intimacy-related struggles. She also supports parents with parenting stress, people coping with career-related shifts, and those recovering from addiction or trauma.
Practical change is a focus: Shannon offers concrete strategies for sleeping, managing impulses, reducing shame, and rebuilding connection. She encourages self-discovery and empowers clients to take the steps they choose toward a more manageable life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts without being controlled by them and clarifying personal values to guide action. It can help when worry, avoidance, or feeling stuck get in the way of living the life you want. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and change behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, sleep issues, and mood struggles. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and build emotional balance, which supports stress management and impulse control.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits best. That way sessions stay practical and responsive to how someone is progressing.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues for communication and role-play skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or camera use feels uncomfortable. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain regular contact with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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