About Shannon
Shannon Gaskell is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting strain, low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, life changes, family conflict, and attention challenges like ADHD.
Shannon uses straightforward, evidence-based methods. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and trauma-focused approaches to help people change unhelpful thoughts and manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with practical strategies to try between meetings. Shannon earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where she completed coursework in counseling and Bible and theology. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Central Washington University and carries the LMHC credential, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor.
Her training includes work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Plus, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy, along with workshops on depression, anxiety, and trauma. She has an interest in early life and family of origin issues and often explores those patterns using schema therapy concepts. In sessions Shannon aims to walk alongside people as they sort through their concerns.
She combines practical tools, focused discussion, and gentle challenge to help clients make manageable changes and feel more in control.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that feed anxiety and low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes that can reduce worry and improve daily functioning.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past traumatic experiences. This approach helps people process distressing memories, learn coping skills for intense emotions, and reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Treatment plans are shaped by the person's needs, goals, and preferences rather than a single fixed method.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit quick check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to get consistent care around work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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