About Shannon
Shannon (Katie) Roghaar is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Utah. She earned a Master of Social Work and brings five years of clinical experience working in mental health and substance use settings. Katie uses straightforward, practical care and aims to help people feel steadier and more able to manage daily life.
Katie focuses on addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, and stress. She also supports people facing grief, career changes, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
How Shannon works
Her work includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and codependency. Her approach centers on the person in front of her. Katie draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness tools.
Sessions often include clarifying values, building coping skills, and practicing short mindfulness exercises to reduce overwhelming feelings. She has experience in medical and crisis settings and has worked with people affected by sexual assault, domestic violence, and substance use disorders.
Katie also has a background in neuroscience and human development, which she uses when explaining how stress and emotions affect the body and behavior. Katie aims for collaborative work. She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals.
Her style is direct but compassionate, and she helps people find practical ways to move forward.
Shannon lists 9 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approach and access for online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose small actions that match their values to move forward. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and problems with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and working with emotions to improve how someone relates to themselves and others, which can help with relationship strain and attachment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Katie will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest techniques that fit your situation. Together you will try methods and adjust based on what helps most, so the plan evolves with your needs.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging let you check in between sessions or have a shorter touchpoint. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules and make it easier to keep regular contact with a licensed professional.
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