About Shannon
Shannon Long is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, and changes in life. She works with individuals on things like anger, self-esteem, addictions, grief, eating concerns, ADHD, and issues around gender and identity. Shannon practices in South Carolina and offers services in English.
She believes in treating people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Shannon avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on clear, practical conversations.
How Shannon works
Sessions are shaped around each person's needs and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her approach draws mainly from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she listens closely, reflects what matters to the client, and helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to change.
She also uses mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to build coping skills and find practical next steps. Shannon has 11 years of experience in counseling. Her background includes work with trauma, mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and depression, anxiety, ADHD, and eating concerns.
She has worked with a wide range of life issues including adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family problems, and caregiver stress. Sessions can include talking through current problems, learning coping techniques, and setting small, achievable goals. Shannon emphasizes collaboration so clients know what to expect and can shape the work to fit their lives.
Shannon lists 5 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
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and supported. In online sessions the therapist uses this approach to follow what matters most to the client and to organize sessions around personal goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more effective patterns. Online CBT often includes talking through situations, practicing new skills during sessions, and assigning brief exercises to try between meetings.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build calm. These techniques can be practiced during video or phone sessions and woven into daily routines to manage anxiety and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps and what doesn’t.
Online formats provide flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on real change.
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