About William
William Shonts is a licensed counselor in Tennessee with 22 years of experience. He focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and helping people cope with life changes. He aims to offer respectful, sensitive, and compassionate support as clients start to make changes.
He prefers a straightforward, conversational style in sessions. He adapts the pace and content to each person. That can mean short skills practice, talking through a recent problem, or planning steps for longer-term change.
Background and approach
William draws on several well-known approaches to guide sessions. He uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the individual. He blends cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thinking and learn new ways of responding.
He also incorporates dialectical behavior strategies when emotions get overwhelming and mindfulness techniques to build steady attention and calm. He connects these methods to day-to-day situations like work stress, family tension, and caregiving strain. In practice he works collaboratively to set clear, manageable goals.
People who worry about relationships, feel stuck after a life change, or carry compassion fatigue may find this approach practical. He helps people try small changes, notice what works, and adjust the plan as needed.
Approaches that translate well to online work
William often uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person's concerns and goals, creating space to talk through what matters most. This approach helps shape each session around the individual's immediate needs and longer-term aims.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different ways of responding. CBT is useful for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns because it breaks problems into manageable steps and homework tasks that can be done between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan based on what helps. That means trying techniques, reviewing progress, and shifting focus when needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Text and live chat support shorter check-ins, brief skill practice, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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