About Shawna
Shawna Theriot is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Texas. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, depression, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and centered on each person's goals.
Shawna builds sessions around what matters to the individual. She uses client-centered methods to listen and reflect what a person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools can help identify unhelpful thoughts and develop different ways of responding.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are used to bring attention to the present moment and reduce worry. She has 22 years of experience across settings that include community programs and independent practice. That background includes work with people who experienced foster care, caregivers, seniors facing illness and transitions, and those coping with grief and end-of-life concerns.
Shawna also has experience with issues like body image, communication problems, and the stress of parenting and work-life balance. In sessions she may include motivational interviewing to support change and narrative techniques to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. She also uses creative tools like art and music when it fits a person’s goals.
The focus is on small, doable steps rather than sweeping promises. Shawna offers virtual care by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions are available for people age 9 and up and are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Online approaches that help with anxiety and life stress
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people set their own goals; this approach supports people who want a respectful space to sort through worries and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety and mood concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to bring attention to the present moment and reduce repetitive worry and rumination.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions often combine techniques so people can try different tools and see what helps over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets for face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit into a busy day and allow brief updates between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around school, work, or caregiving demands.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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