About Shannon
Shannon Almeida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Illinois. She brings seven years of clinical experience helping adults manage anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. Shannon takes a collaborative, practical approach that focuses on what someone thinks, feels, and does in daily life.
In sessions she blends talk therapy with attention to bodily signals and emotional responses. That mix helps uncover patterns people repeat and habits that keep problems going.
How Shannon works
She uses therapy tools to build clearer thinking, stronger coping skills, and better ways of relating to others. Outside the room Shannon asks clients to try short, doable practices between sessions. These might include reflection questions, skill exercises, or small behavior changes.
The goal is steady progress rather than perfection, so homework is flexible and paced to each person. Shannon has worked with people facing family conflict, parenting stress, attachment concerns, trauma and abuse, and identity questions such as LGBT issues. She also supports individuals dealing with chronic pain or illness, ADHD, panic, social anxiety, and issues around self-esteem and life purpose.
Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based work, and client-centered methods. She aims to create an affirming space where clients can understand patterns, practice new skills, and move toward clearer values and day-to-day relief.
Shannon lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with them. It teaches people to notice difficult thoughts while still moving toward meaningful goals, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to reduce unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for issues like panic, social anxiety, and low self-esteem.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and improving communication. It is useful when someone needs steady tools for distress tolerance, emotion management, and healthier interactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shannon collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She will check in and adjust strategies so sessions stay relevant and manageable.
Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into busy days or require less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat provide quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or medical schedules while keeping focus on real-life practice and gradual change.
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