About Shanon
Shanon Dean is a licensed social worker in South Carolina who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. She welcomes conversations that begin where you are and moves at a pace that feels manageable. Shanon uses straightforward language and a respectful approach so people feel heard and understood.
She draws on five years of clinical experience working with trauma and abuse and with parenting concerns. In sessions she tailors conversations and strategies to each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
That means practical steps one week and reflection or coping skills the next. Shanon uses techniques from client-centered therapy to build a trusting working relationship. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are offered when they fit a person's goals. Expect therapy that focuses on clear, doable goals for daily life. Sessions often include problem-solving, skill building, and short practices you can use between meetings.
The aim is to help people feel more able to handle relationship strain, parenting challenges, mood shifts, and life transitions. Shanon works in English and is licensed as an LISW-CP, which stands for Licensed Independent Social Worker - Clinical Practice. She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and she helps people take the next practical steps.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Shanon often uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive conversation where people can describe what matters most to them. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and letting the person guide the goals and pace of work.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that worsen anxiety or mood. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it offers practical steps you can try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. People often combine approaches, using listening-based work alongside skill-building and short mindfulness practices.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into work, school, or family life. Video can be good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can help with quick check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint is needed. These formats offer flexibility so people can keep momentum while working on anxiety, parenting concerns, or recovery from trauma.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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