About Shannon
Shannon Gutwein is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience in Wyoming. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, and major life changes. Her work is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps people can use between sessions.
Shannon offers a calm, non-judgmental space where clients can talk through what matters most to them. She pays attention to patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people try different ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Her approach draws from several evidence-based methods. That means she combines talking, skill-building, and mindfulness practices to address stress, trauma, and addictive behaviors.
She also supports people dealing with career strain, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and first responder issues. People who come to her often want concrete tools for handling anxiety, stronger communication skills, or help managing mood swings and impulsive behaviors. Shannon helps with relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, and challenges connected to family of origin or codependency.
She works by setting clear goals and reviewing progress together. Sessions can include problem-solving, emotion regulation techniques, and motivational interviewing to build motivation for change. The emphasis is on small, realistic steps that add up to meaningful improvement.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers on the client's goals and experience, with the therapist offering empathy and reflective listening to help someone feel heard and understood. This approach is useful when someone needs space to sort emotions and set priorities for change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and build healthier routines, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides tools for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It includes emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills that can reduce impulsive reactions and support steadier relationships.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to your priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow deeper face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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