About Shannon
Shannon Powe-Saunders is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with 18 years in the helping professions. She began her career linking people with mental health and substance use needs to community resources and later completed a master’s degree in Community Counseling. Shannon focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, grief, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns.
She works in a warm, relatable way and emphasizes respect and empathy.
How Shannon works
Sessions are collaborative; Shannon helps people name problems and try steps that feel doable. She aims to make therapy feel like a guide through hard moments rather than a lecture. Her background includes work as a mental health and substance use case manager and many years providing individual counseling.
That experience shaped her ability to help with addiction, bipolar disorder, mood concerns, and the ripple effects of family of origin issues and blended family stress. Shannon uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address patterns of thinking and behavior, psychodynamic ideas to look at past influences, and client-centered methods to follow each person’s goals. Motivational Interviewing and mindfulness tools are also part of her practical toolkit. People who choose her often want clear steps and steady support through transitions.
Shannon invites those ready to begin a path toward change to take small, manageable steps and explore options together.
Shannon lists 6 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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online access
Shannon commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy and Mindfulness techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts and actions influence mood and behavior and is useful for anxiety, depression and patterns that contribute to addiction. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and following a person’s goals so sessions feel focused on what matters most to the individual. Mindfulness work teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help reduce stress and build coping skills.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Shannon will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy is offered using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people have a face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text messaging can support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or flexible communication between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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