About Shannon
Shannon Wise is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, mood concerns, relationship strains, sleep troubles, anger, grief, and issues with self-esteem and bipolar-related challenges. Shannon aims to meet each person with respect and compassion as they take the first steps toward change.
She has worked in several settings over her career. That includes about five years as a therapist in acute care, working with people who needed crisis stabilization and help returning to daily routines.
How Shannon works
She spent roughly four years in a correctional facility supporting treatment teams, helping with stress management, medication referrals, and safety planning for those with chronic symptoms. More recently she has been in independent practice, supporting adults, teens, and couples. Her clinical focus includes communication problems, divorce and separation, impulsivity, emptiness, life purpose, and young adult issues.
She also addresses paranoia, personality disorders, seasonal affective disorder, and challenges around self-love. Shannon uses evidence-based approaches in a practical way. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address patterns of thought and behavior.
She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills for distress tolerance and emotional regulation. Motivational Interviewing helps when people want to build readiness for change. In sessions she works with clients to set clear goals and track progress.
The work is collaborative and focused on skills you can use outside of therapy. Her aim is to help people rebuild hope and move toward a more purposeful 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and goal work
Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, mood problems, sleep issues, and stress by teaching concrete skills you can try between sessions.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach distress tolerance, grounding, and emotional regulation skills. DBT techniques are useful when impulsivity, intense emotions, or difficulty managing reactions cause problems. Motivational Interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons to change and build momentum toward personal goals.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences, and adjust as progress is made. Sessions are collaborative and focused on practical steps.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit help into a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be simpler to join. Live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and quick skill practice between longer sessions.
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