About Shannon
Shannon Smith is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in Ohio who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and stressful life events. She approaches care with calm listening and practical steps that people can use between sessions. Shannon aims to make therapy approachable and down-to-earth for someone juggling everyday demands.
She draws on a decade of experience in behavioral health to shape straightforward plans that fit each person.
How Shannon works
Shannon blends client-centered care with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build coping skills. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to address relationship and abandonment concerns.
Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, grief, eating and sleeping challenges, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, codependency, dissociation, domestic violence, hoarding, and hospice and end-of-life support. Shannon works with people on relationship struggles and career strain as well.
Her style is gentle and validating while still offering direct, practical feedback. Sessions often include grounding and emotion-regulation exercises to reduce overwhelm and support self-soothing. Shannon aims to tailor interventions to each person rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions.
She combines a values-based perspective with evidence-informed methods to promote steady progress. Shannon encourages people to build on small strengths and take manageable steps toward clearer thinking and calmer days.
Shannon lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Shannon works with
The areas below are the ones Shannon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How targeted approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses on small, value-driven steps to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating issues. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and trust, helping people address abandonment and attachment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try based on goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can shift over time as progress is made or challenges change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work. Phone sessions can be a good fit when lower bandwidth or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send shorter updates, practice skills between sessions, or check in on busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a caregiver schedule, or a travel routine while still using evidence-informed approaches.
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