About Shannon
Shannon Emerick is a licensed clinical social worker in North Carolina with 22 years of professional experience. She works with people facing addictions, struggles with self-esteem, career roadblocks, and major life changes. Shannon also offers career and professional coaching alongside therapy.
She aims to treat clients with sensitivity, respect, and compassion. Shannon focuses on practical conversation and goal-setting. She adapts sessions to each person's situation and helps people set small, doable steps.
How Shannon works
Motivational approaches are used to boost willingness to change and keep momentum. Mindfulness practices are introduced to help manage stress and overwhelming emotions. Solution-focused work is used to identify immediate strengths and next steps.
These methods are applied in short, clear exercises so progress feels tangible. People come for help with grief, trauma, eating and body image concerns, mood disorders, panic, and caregiver stress. She also supports those dealing with relationship problems, parenting strain, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Work can include communication skills, managing guilt and shame, and finding purpose during midlife shifts. Sessions are tailored to what each person needs and want to accomplish. Shannon emphasizes practical strategies people can use between meetings.
She encourages steady progress and empowers clients to take the next step toward a more fulfilling life.
Shannon lists 3 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.
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches for change delivered online
Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. It can be useful for managing anxiety, strong emotions, and repetitive negative thinking by training attention and simple calming practices.Motivational Interviewing focuses on strengthening a person's own reasons for change. It uses guided conversation to increase motivation and commitment, which can help with addictions, career shifts, and sticking with new habits.
Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps that lead to improvement. Sessions emphasize current strengths and concrete next actions so progress is measurable and achievable.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers typing over speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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