About Carolyn
Carolyn "Kari" Homan Shannon helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or the fallout from trauma. She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with 18 years of experience and practices in Texas. Kari writes plainly and focuses on getting people unstuck so they can move forward with daily life.
She favors active approaches that combine talking with practical skills. Sessions often begin by identifying the most pressing problem and creating simple steps to reduce distress.
How Carolyn works
Over time she introduces tools for emotion regulation, clearer thinking, and stronger relationships. Her work draws from acceptance and commitment methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, emotionally-focused strategies, and a client-centered stance. Those approaches are used to address issues such as depression, sleeping problems, anger, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Kari also attends to concerns like communication problems, control issues, chronic illness, and the effects of disaster or separation. Kari has considerable experience supporting people affected by serious trauma and by persistent patterns such as hoarding or isolation. She combines direct interventions with education so clients leave sessions with usable skills.
Progress is typically measured by clearer daily functioning and better coping with stressors. Her practice offers multiple online formats to fit different needs. People who prefer to begin with a short intake can complete a matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Carolyn lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Carolyn works with
The areas below are the ones Carolyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It helps people who feel stuck by teaching them how to move toward what matters even when uncomfortable feelings remain. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and sleep disturbances. It is practical and skill based, with exercises people can use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That means starting with what feels most urgent, trying techniques, and adjusting the plan as needed so the therapy matches the client's needs and preferences.
Online care offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quicker reflections, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Together these formats make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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