About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Derby helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, career shifts, parenting challenges, and major life changes.
Dr. Derby is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and understandable.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Conversations are guided by what each person needs that week.
How Shannon works
She listens for what matters most and adjusts tools and goals to match those priorities. Dr. Derby draws on a few evidence-based approaches to shape sessions.
She uses plain, practical strategies from cognitive behavioral work to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. She also incorporates acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice their values and take small steps toward them. Attachment-focused perspectives inform her attention to relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.
Dialectical behavior elements are used when people need skills for managing strong emotions or stress. Sessions weave these methods together rather than sticking to a script. People who choose to work with her can expect steady, respectful support and clear, doable steps between sessions.
The aim is to build momentum so that coping feels easier and daily life becomes more manageable.
Shannon lists 16 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)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, and problem-solving. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds influence current intimacy and communication. It can help with relationship strain, attachment issues, and intimacy-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then jointly decide which methods to try. Sessions can shift as needs change, and the plan is adjusted together during the process.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging fit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or times when written reflection is easier. These options make it simpler to fit regular sessions into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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