About Shavonna
Shavonna Fitzgerald is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with ten years of experience. She emphasizes being genuine and creating a space where people can say what they really feel. Her approach starts with a steady, respectful relationship so clients can begin to untangle anxiety and stressful life problems.
Shavonna has worked in settings that included domestic violence services, substance use care, and forensic mental health. She has helped people dealing with depression, anxiety, complex trauma, relationship troubles, school concerns, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
That range informs how she shapes each plan of care. Her style centers on the person in front of her. Sessions focus on listening, understanding what matters to the client, and building practical next steps.
She uses a mix of tools to change unhelpful thoughts, strengthen coping, and shift patterns that keep problems stuck. Shavonna also pays attention to culture and life context when talking about concerns such as parenting, grief, addiction, career stress, and identity-related struggles. She aims to meet people where they are and move at a pace that feels manageable.
People often work on short-term goals like reducing anxious symptoms or improving communication. Others take a longer path to process trauma or rebuild after big losses. Throughout, Shavonna keeps the focus on the client's goals and choices.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Shavonna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in online work. CBT involves identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help people stay grounded in daily life.She takes a client-centered stance and treats choosing an approach as a collaborative step. Together the therapist and client review goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust based on what helps most. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work rather than a one-time decision.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Chat and messaging support brief check-ins or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to stay consistent with treatment.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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