About Shannon
Shannon Sartori is an LCSW based in Oklahoma who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 20 years of experience in therapy settings and aims to make sessions calm and practical for people under pressure. She has worked in youth and family centers, run in-school therapy programs, and coordinated services for victims of crime.
Her background also includes work with courts and prisons, assessment and referral for people with serious mental illness, and time in independent practice.
Background and approach
Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that get in the way of everyday life. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with tools people can try between meetings. She helps people address a wide range of concerns such as relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief, and issues around intimacy.
Additional areas of focus include first responder issues, gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, and hoarding. Shannon also supports people dealing with sleep or eating problems, parenting strain, anger, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her style is warm and relaxed, aiming to find each person’s strengths and build from there.
How CBT and online sessions work together
Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying small behavior changes. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, stress, depression, sleep problems, and many daily life struggles because it breaks problems into clear steps people can practice.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Shannon will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. The process is collaborative so clients can give feedback and choose what feels most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, quick skill reviews, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving, or irregular schedules and make it easier to stay consistent with progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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