About Shavonna
Shavonna Peterson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports clients working through relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem. She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work.
Sessions focus on building on those strengths and taking concrete steps forward. Shavonna aims to make the first step less daunting by offering steady, practical support.
Background and approach
Her approach blends talking and active strategies. She uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are used when patterns of thought and behavior get in the way of feeling better.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps when emotions and attachment patterns are central to relationship stress. Mindfulness practices are added to help slow racing thoughts and ground attention in the present moment. Elements of Jungian work may be used to consider personal meaning and inner themes when clients find that useful.
Shavonna brings 12 years of experience to sessions and works with people on issues like body image, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, life purpose, forgiveness, and self-love. She offers a calm, goal-oriented style that emphasizes collaboration and real-life strategies for change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person's goals. Online sessions use that approach to let clients set the pace, voice what matters most, and try ideas in real time. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with practical skills for managing anxiety and stress. CBT works well in virtual sessions because exercises and homework are easy to share and review together.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose which methods to use based on needs, goals, and personal preference. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for frequent check-ins, quick coping reminders, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on usable skills and emotional understanding.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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