About Shannan
Shannan Katz offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, change, or loneliness. She greets each person without judgment and helps them talk through what matters most. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Ohio, she aims to make therapy practical and approachable.
Shannan listens first, then helps identify small steps toward clearer thinking and better routines. She blends conversation with practical strategies so clients can try new skills between sessions.
How Shannan works
When direct feedback is helpful, she provides it; when a gentler, heart-centered tone fits better, she leans into that approach. Many clients seek help for anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, trauma, or struggles with eating and sleep. She also supports people working through addictions, career stress, parenting strains, and changes related to aging.
Shannan is open to discussing sexuality and welcomes people from the LGBTQIA community. Her work draws on several approaches, including client-centered listening, cognitive-behavioral ideas, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when appropriate.
These tools are tailored to each person’s goals rather than applied as a one-size-fits-all method. Shannan typically meets first by video and then follows up mainly by phone, though other remote formats are available. She notes that her practice is not intended for crisis care or for people actively struggling with self-harm or suicidal behavior.
If someone wants to begin, she asks them to start with the matching process on the site.
Shannan lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Shannan works with
The areas below are the ones Shannan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Flexible therapeutic approaches for online care
Shannan uses client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral ideas as core parts of her online practice. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people put feelings into words so they can make choices that fit their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thought patterns and teaches practical techniques to change thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep issues.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills practice, supportive listening, or a mix of methods and then adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session or visual cues are useful. Phone sessions are often shorter check-ins and can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick reflections, ongoing encouragement, or check-ins between longer sessions.
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