About Shannon
Shannon Flaherty Gibbons is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience working in California. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and changes that come with life transitions. She focuses on building confidence and motivation with practical steps people can use day to day.
Her approach is warm and straightforward. Shannon aims to create an open space where clients can talk about what matters without feeling judged.
How Shannon works
She listens for what is most pressing and works alongside each person to set clear, manageable goals. Shannon draws on a mix of well-known therapeutic methods to match each person’s needs. She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, take small actions that align with their values, and improve how they connect with others.
Sessions often include skill-building and real-world practice between meetings. She has supported people facing a wide range of issues including abandonment, attachment concerns, chronic illness, caregiver stress, eating and food-related issues, and grief related to aging or cancer. Shannon also helps people who struggle with codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and fertility-related stress.
People who want clear steps and a collaborative partner tend to find her helpful. Shannon explains options in plain language and adjusts the pace to fit each person. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step manageable and hopeful.
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
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making changes that feel meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going, which can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and help decide which methods fit a person’s goals, needs, and personal preferences. That choice is made collaboratively and can be adjusted over time as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are close to an in-person session, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit brief check-ins, and messaging lets people send updates or questions between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while still focusing on practical skills and emotional support.
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