About Shiona
Shiona Severson, LPC, offers a calm and straightforward approach for people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She writes in a way that puts everyday concerns first and helps clients notice how emotions shape thoughts and behavior. Sessions aim to be simple and practical, so people can try small changes between meetings.
Shiona uses emotion-focused methods to help people name and sit with feelings. She also offers EMDR when it is appropriate and when a client and therapist decide it fits the work.
Background and approach
The focus is on understanding attachment patterns, and how past relationships can affect how someone connects now. In a first session she spends time listening to what matters most and explains how the emotional work usually goes. She and the client set clear expectations together and outline small goals to work toward.
If a therapist match is not right, she will help the person find another professional. Shiona draws on four years of clinical experience and brings practical, down-to-earth guidance to sessions. People come for help with relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, and complications around intimacy and commitment.
She also supports work on issues such as codependency, abandonment, attachment struggles, and process or sex addictions. Sessions are offered in English and are provided online in a range of formats. Her practice centers on collaboration and steady progress, with attention to what each person needs in their life and schedule.
How emotion work and EMDR translate to online care
Shiona commonly uses emotion-focused work to help people notice and name feelings, then link those feelings to actions and relationship patterns. That approach helps when anxiety or stress feels overwhelming and when someone wants to change how they respond to difficult moments. She also offers EMDR when it is appropriate; EMDR can be used to reduce the intensity of painful memories and to support recovery from trauma when both client and therapist agree it fits the goals.Choosing the right therapeutic approach happens together. The therapist listens to what matters most and discusses whether emotion-focused work, EMDR, or a mix will best match a person's needs and goals. Clients and the therapist set small, clear goals and check progress as part of the plan.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not an option or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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