About Shannon

Shannon Shackford is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD symptoms. Shannon aims to create a calm, understanding space where clients can talk through hard moments and build practical skills.

Shannon uses straightforward methods to help people manage panic, grief, and life transitions like divorce or career change. She pays attention to self-esteem, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

Background and approach

Sessions often focus on small, useful steps clients can try between meetings. Her work includes coaching around communication problems, anger, and compassion fatigue. Shannon also supports people facing addictions, bipolar-related concerns, and challenges that come with parenting responsibilities.

She combines different therapeutic tools to match each person’s situation and goals. With three years of professional experience, Shannon blends goal-focused techniques with a warm, client-centered stance. She helps people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and practice self-compassion as they make changes.

The emphasis is on realistic strategies that fit daily life. People find the sessions practical and conversational. Shannon helps clients set clear aims, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed.

Her aim is to help each person regain steady footing and move toward a more manageable, meaningful routine.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match what matters most. ACT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and the frustration that comes with ADHD-related challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete exercises and practice between sessions; it is often used for panic, anxiety, and mood concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the client's experience, offering empathy and reflective listening so people feel heard while they decide what changes to try.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means reviewing what helps, trying approaches in-session, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can suit quick check-ins or shorter reflections, and messaging lets people jot down thoughts between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around life and work commitments while using techniques from ACT, CBT, and client-centered work.

Questions people ask

What concerns does Shannon commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and coping with life changes, among other issues like self-esteem and addictions.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT and ACT to help people try new behaviors and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Shannon has three years of clinical experience as a practicing therapist in Virginia.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential - LPC - and practices in Virginia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and Shannon accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shannon?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

What this therapist works with

Experience
3 years
Licensed
Virginia
Languages
English

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