About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Holliker is a licensed clinical social worker who centers her practice on direct, respectful conversation. She aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, ADHD concerns, and other life changes.
Her style is practical and focused on clear goals clients can track. She uses client-centered work to meet people where they are and Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current reactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools are added when patterns of thinking or behavior need changing.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in to support motivation and present-moment coping. Dr. Holliker holds a PhD in Public Affairs with a social work focus and two masters degrees in social work and in child development and education.
That background informs her work with parents and young children, and with families facing medical or developmental stressors. She combines clinical practice with teaching and research experience gained over 12 years. Sessions typically focus on practical steps and problem-solving.
For parents she often helps identify family patterns that affect a young child’s behavior and plans small, manageable changes. For individuals she collaborates on specific goals for anxiety, burnout, trauma responses, or addiction-related concerns. She prefers to set measurable goals and review progress together.
Therapy with her tends to be straightforward, with a mix of listening, feedback, skills practice, and planning for next steps. The aim is steady improvement you can recognize over time.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current reactions and close connections. Online sessions use conversation and simple exercises to notice patterns and try new ways of relating that reduce repeated conflict or reactivity.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding your priorities. In remote sessions the therapist follows your lead, reflects what she hears, and helps you name goals you want to work toward without pushing a set agenda.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Holliker will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That could mean using attachment ideas for family patterns, CBT techniques for anxious thinking, or motivational interviewing to boost readiness for change. The plan can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in, get short coaching, or maintain momentum between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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