About Shantel
Shantel Westbrook is a licensed clinical professional (LCP) in Kansas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. Shantel uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies to help people move toward clearer goals.
She aims to make each session nonjudgmental and easy to follow. Shantel helps people tackle low self-esteem, motivation problems, and the fallout of life changes. She also supports those dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, sleep disruption, and career uncertainty.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize honest talk and small, manageable steps that fit daily life. Her background includes two decades of clinical work in varied settings across Kansas. That experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to what each person brings to the room.
Shantel draws on methods shown to help with mood, panic, and addictive behaviors while keeping explanations plain and practical. In session, she listens first and then helps build clear, doable plans. That may mean short-term coaching-style work or ongoing therapy depending on goals.
The focus is on skills people can use right away to reduce overwhelm and improve functioning. Shantel offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. She encourages prospective clients to start with a brief matching questionnaire to find the best appointment times and formats.
Practical approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Shantel draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and problem solving. One common approach she uses emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing more balanced ways of thinking to reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach centers on behavioral strategies - building routines, sleep habits, and small action steps that help with motivation, ADHD challenges, and addictions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She starts by listening to your concerns and goals, then suggests options and adjusts methods as you progress. This lets the therapist and client decide together which techniques feel most helpful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a hands-free option is easier, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These formats make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on practical change.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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