About Shawn
Shawn Blakley is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience in Wisconsin. He focuses on anxiety, stress, addictions, and relationship concerns. He also helps people who are dealing with depression, grief, anger, and low self-esteem.
Shawn keeps sessions straightforward and practical. He creates an open setting where clients can talk about thoughts and feelings without judgment. He aims to make the first steps less daunting and supports people through the early stages of seeking help.
Background and approach
In session he uses approaches that center the client's perspective. That means listening first, then shaping the work around each person's goals. He also uses cognitive behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Shawn has worked with issues related to codependency, drug and alcohol addiction, men's issues, mood disorders, and process addictions such as gambling, exercise, or pornography. His background gives him a long view of how these problems can develop and what practical steps might help. People who reach out can expect calm, direct conversation and collaborative planning.
Shawn invites questions and small experiments between sessions so progress can be tracked. He encourages people to take the next step when they feel ready.
How Shawn Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online
Shawn offers two main styles of therapy that translate well to online formats. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship so people can speak freely and figure out what matters most. It helps when someone needs acceptance and a clear space to sort feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is about noticing patterns of thought and behavior and then testing small changes. It is useful for anxiety, mood challenges, and many kinds of addiction-related behaviors because it offers concrete steps to try between sessions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Shawn will listen to a person's goals and preferences, explain options, and together decide which methods to try. He adjusts the plan as work progresses so it matches real needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make connecting easier. Video is useful for full conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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