About Shonda
Shonda Hart-Wright is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people coping with stress and anxiety. She brings 20 years of experience to sessions and aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space for people to work through hard moments. Her style is straightforward and practical.
She focuses on what is happening now and on skills that make daily life easier. Conversations cover things like mood, relationships, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, work stress, and changes like moving through a midlife transition.
Background and approach
Shonda blends several methods to match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness techniques help people stay grounded when emotions feel intense.
Client-centered listening keeps the conversation focused on the person’s goals and values. She has worked in a range of settings over the past two decades, supporting people with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other complex concerns. Her background includes helping people facing isolation, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and financial strain.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and respectful. Shonda helps clients set clear, realistic goals and practices skills between meetings. The approach is to make change feel possible in small, manageable steps.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Shonda uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Sessions often include simple exercises and homework to practice between meetings.She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping people set their own goals. That approach is helpful for building trust and clarifying what matters most to each person. Mindfulness therapy is another tool she uses to teach grounding and breath-based practices for intense emotions and worry.
Finding the right mix of methods is a team effort. She will work with each client to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust as progress is made. This collaborative process helps tailor the work to what actually helps the person.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and do guided exercises; phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible; live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when someone needs a shorter contact. These remote options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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