About Shannon
Shannon Yambasky welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big mood shifts. She meets clients with patience and straightforward care. Shannon aims to make the first steps easier and helps people gain steadier footing when life feels uncertain.
Shannon uses an approach that focuses on emotional connection and personal history. She helps people notice how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Sessions often include talking about patterns, learning small ways to respond differently, and practicing skills that calm intense moments.
How Shannon works
Her background includes a Washington license as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, and ten years of clinical experience. That experience covers mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, panic and anxiety, and challenges like isolation, shame, and trouble with communication.
Shannon also supports people dealing with life transitions such as pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum depression, fertility concerns, and the stress tied to first responder roles. She addresses issues like abandonment, attachment struggles, and a search for life purpose in practical terms people can use day to day. In sessions she blends talk-based work with mindfulness and emotion-focused strategies.
The goal is to help people notice what matters, try small changes, and build more reliable ways to manage feelings. Shannon aims to be a steady partner as people find clearer direction and more ease in daily life.
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
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Shannon’s approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions use conversation to notice those patterns and practice new ways of relating to emotions and people. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift the emotions that drive difficult interactions. In virtual sessions this often means naming feelings, trying different responses, and tracking the effects between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and ground attention; these practices can be practiced briefly between video or text check-ins to build calm over time.Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will check in about what feels most useful and adapt methods to fit each person's goals and preferences. Clients and therapist adjust pacing and strategies together as progress unfolds.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging add practical flexibility. Video helps preserve visual cues for emotion work, phone calls use less bandwidth when needed, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule around work, childcare, or travel while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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