About Shannon
Shannon Dahse is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with ten years of counseling experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, or changes in life. Shannon focuses on practical steps you can try right away to feel steadier and more in control.
Her style is direct and warm. She listens first, then works with clients to build coping skills and find small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Shannon pays attention to how guilt, shame, panic attacks, and social anxiety can get in the way of daily life and addresses those issues plainly. She uses approaches that center the person and their goals. Sessions often focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying new behaviors, and strengthening motivation for change.
That makes talk time feel actionable instead of vague. Shannon has helped people facing addiction, relationship strain, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and seasonal mood shifts. She also supports people in the LGBT community and those who have experienced physical or emotional trauma.
Her aim is to help clients notice strengths and build practical coping plans. People meet with her to talk through problems, practice new ways of reacting, and set clear next steps between sessions. Shannon invites clients to work at a pace that fits their life and to use therapy as a space to test different approaches and track progress.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding what matters to the individual. The therapist provides listening and support while helping people identify their own goals and what feels most helpful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It helps people spot patterns that fuel anxiety or depression and practice new ways of thinking and acting to reduce symptoms.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Shannon will collaborate with each person to decide whether a listening-based, skills-based, or motivation-focused path fits best. That planning happens together and can change as goals evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules and needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from real-time interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, tracking progress, or shorter coaching-style moments. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practice skills between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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