About Shawn
Dr. Shawn Hysten-Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her style aims to make change feel possible, even when problems seem overwhelming. She holds a master's degree in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University and a doctorate in Counseling Education from Texas Southern University. With 12 years of clinical experience, she draws on several brief, goal-oriented methods to help people move forward.
Background and approach
She blends psychoeducation with hands-on skills practice so clients learn what to do between sessions. Her work often centers on anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addiction, and life transitions. She also supports people facing career strain, caregiver stress, body image concerns, relationship conflict, and intimacy-related issues.
She offers attentive listening alongside clear strategies to tackle specific problems. In sessions she commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused approaches, and she brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into the mix when useful. Trauma-focused techniques inform her work with people who have experienced neglect or abuse.
The aim is to build practical coping tools and clearer ways of thinking. Therapy is collaborative and tailored to each person’s goals. People can expect straightforward explanations, skill-building assignments, and ongoing check-ins about what is or isn’t helping.
Dr. Hysten-Williams practices in Texas and conducts services in English.
How evidence-based approaches work in online sessions
Dr. Hysten-Williams commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear, step-by-step exercises. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical changes and on what already works so clients can build quick, manageable steps toward their goals.She also brings mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions when those fit a person's needs. Mindfulness teaches simple ways to notice the body and mind without judgment, which can reduce reactivity to stress. Motivational interviewing helps clarify what someone wants to change and strengthens their motivation to act. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process; the therapist will discuss options and adapt methods based on the client's goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when being off camera feels better. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexibility for people with tight schedules. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into everyday life while using the approaches described above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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