About Shawn
Shawn Smith is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience helping people manage anxiety and stressful life changes. She works with individuals who are coping with trauma, grief, anger, relationship problems, and parenting strain. Her approach centers on practical tools and steady support to help clients move forward.
Shawn focuses on real skills people can use between sessions. She helps clients strengthen communication, build self-esteem, and handle conflict more calmly.
Background and approach
She also supports people recovering from sexual assault, domestic violence, and other forms of trauma. In session she uses Client-Centered methods to create an accepting space and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness practices are woven in for emotion regulation and stress reduction.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change. Her work pays attention to cultural background and life experience. She has long experience working with women, young adults, and veterans, and she adapts her pace to each person.
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Shawn aims to help clients find practical steps toward better days. She supports people as they set realistic goals, try new coping strategies, and track what helps.
Her style is warm, straightforward, and focused on what works.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Shawn often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what matters most. This approach helps with trust, relationship issues, and building self-worth. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Shawn will discuss your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust as you progress. The aim is to find a mix of listening and skills that feels useful and doable for you.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy practical for daily life. Video lets you use face-to-face interaction for in-depth work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging are good for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when typing is easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while keeping the focus on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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