About Shanell
Shanell Manson is a licensed independent social worker who brings 10 years of experience to her Ohio practice. She focuses on common but heavy problems such as stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Her approach is straightforward and respectful.
She aims to make starting therapy feel doable for someone taking that first step. Shanell listens for what matters most to each person and builds a plan that fits their life.
How Shanell works
She adapts conversations and interventions to meet specific needs rather than following one fixed method. That means practical strategies for coping with daily pressure and clearer ways to talk about tough feelings. She works with people facing family conflict, parenting strain, grief, and trauma or abuse.
Other areas she addresses include intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Shanell also helps with issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, codependency, communication problems, and the stress of caregiving. Her background includes helping people through divorce and separation, disruptive mood dysregulation concerns, eating and hoarding related issues, forgiveness work, and fatherhood challenges.
She brings patience and sensitivity when conversations touch on guilt, shame, or difficult past experiences. Sessions are shaped to fit each person's goals and schedule. Shanell aims to offer clear next steps, tools to practice between sessions, and steady support during life transitions.
What Shanell works with
The areas below are the ones Shanell selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LISW, LISW-CP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Shanell uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and clearer relationships. One common approach she emphasizes helps people learn coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps and practicing tools between sessions. Another approach centers on communication and attachment concerns, helping people understand patterns, improve boundaries, and rebuild trust after conflict or loss.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shanell works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in weekly sessions. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress or challenges appear so the work stays relevant to real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper connection, phone sessions can fit a short break or lower bandwidth situations, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other routines.
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