About Shannon
Shannon Kaufman is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate anxiety, stress, addiction concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Shannon aims to build an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings.
She encourages gradual steps toward a more manageable and satisfying life. Shannon uses clear, practical methods to address everyday struggles. She draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities and to meet them where they are.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and try out different behaviors. For people who need emotion regulation and interpersonal skills, she integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or stuck in cycles like substance use.
Trauma-focused work is available for those processing past harm. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. All work is conducted in English and is guided by what each person finds most useful.
Shannon practices from Ohio and holds the LPCC credential. She frames therapy as a collaborative process. Clients set goals, and Shannon helps track progress and adjust strategies.
The focus is on practical tools, steady support, and real steps forward.
Approaches that guide online care
Shannon draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep someone stuck. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach practical tools for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. For people facing trauma, trauma-focused methods aim to process past events at a pace that feels manageable.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shannon will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video calls let people read body language and have longer sessions. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, short follow-ups, or when a written conversation feels easier. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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