About Shannon
Shannon Samuel is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship troubles, and feeling stuck. She speaks plainly and listens carefully so clients can begin to sort through what matters most. Shannon aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
She has ten years of experience and a master’s degree in counseling. That background informs practical choices in sessions rather than rules to follow.
Background and approach
Shannon often works with people who have been caregivers or who are used to holding things together for others and need space to focus on themselves. Shannon’s style is warm, down-to-earth, and nonjudgmental. She pays attention to the whole person and helps identify simple, doable changes.
In conversation she points out patterns in thinking, feeling, and behavior so clients can try new responses in daily life. Her work draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused techniques, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies. That mix helps with mood concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, and life transitions.
Sessions move at the client’s pace and focus on small steps that build confidence. People who choose Shannon can expect clear, practical ideas to try between sessions. She supports problem solving around career questions, parenting stress, relationship strain, and issues tied to family of origin.
If someone is unsure about therapy, Shannon treats early sessions as an opportunity to explore what might help most.
Therapeutic approaches that translate online
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding and acceptance. The therapist listens closely and helps clients find their own solutions, which can ease anxiety and build self-trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and introduces practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, low mood, and feeling stuck. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions, and then use that understanding to change how they relate to themselves and others.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify goals, try out methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps make online sessions feel individualized rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in writing and fit therapy into breaks, commutes, or busy days. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to use therapeutic tools between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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