About Shannon
Shannon (Katie) Roghaar is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Utah. She has five years of experience in mental health settings and a longer history in medical and behavioral health work. She often helps people facing anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, and trauma-related problems.
Shannon uses a trauma-informed, client-centered stance and focuses on practical skills clients can use between sessions. She began in neuroscience and human development before earning a master’s in social work in 2019.
Background and approach
Since then she has worked in crisis services and substance use care, and has supported people managing co-occurring mental health issues. That background informs how she understands complex situations that include physical illness, caregiver stress, or chronic pain. Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness methods to help people reduce unhelpful patterns and build meaningful routines.
She also uses emotionally-focused ideas to address relationship and attachment concerns. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small steps clients can practice in daily life. Shannon has experience supporting survivors of sexual assault and people affected by domestic violence and codependency.
She also works with those coping with grief, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. Her practice is attentive to LGBT identities and to the particular stressors they can bring. She offers a warm, direct style and aims to create a space where clients feel heard and guided.
Shannon encourages practical coping tools, values clients' strengths, and helps people plan realistic next steps for recovery and growth.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with concrete exercises and practice between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy offers attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation during stress.Choosing a therapeutic approach is collaborative. Shannon will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. That may mean blending ACT, CBT, and mindfulness techniques and adjusting the plan as progress and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are well-suited for in-depth conversation and exercises that use visual materials. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text allow quick check-ins and brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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