About Shannon
Shannon Rick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage anxiety and other life stresses. She focuses on practical skills that make daily life easier. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want clear steps and steady support.
Shannon draws on client-centered work to start where each person is. She asks simple questions and listens for what matters most. From there she and the client set small, doable goals that fit real life routines.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Dialectical behavior therapy skills and mindfulness practices are introduced when emotional regulation and staying present are priorities.
Shannon has four years of clinical experience working with concerns such as addictions, depression, bipolar mood issues, trauma, grief, and relationship problems. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, blended family challenges, codependency, and first responder strain. Sessions with Shannon typically explore what is getting in the way now and test small changes between meetings.
She helps clients build communication, coping, and self-esteem skills. The goal is clearer choices and more confidence handling life's ups and downs.
Therapeutic approaches and remote care that fit your life
Client-centered work puts your priorities at the center of each session and helps shape goals that matter to you. This approach focuses on your strengths and what you want to change, and it supports steady progress at your own pace.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching skills to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete tools for managing strong emotions and improving relationships through skills like distress tolerance and emotion regulation.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Shannon will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you work face to face from wherever you are, phone calls need less bandwidth, live chat can be a quicker check-in, and messaging supports brief updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules while keeping treatment consistent and focused.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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