About Shanon
Shanon Dean is a licensed social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with individuals dealing with trauma, parenting challenges, anger, and life transitions. Her style is respectful and straightforward, aimed at making the first step feel manageable for worried parents and busy adults.
She uses a mix of practical approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills you can use between meetings.
How Shanon works
Conversations are tailored to a client's situation, with attention to safety and real-life problems like blended family issues or divorce and separation. Shanon has five years of professional experience as a SC LISW-CP, a South Carolina Licensed Independent Social Worker with Clinical Practice. Her background includes work with people affected by domestic violence, first responder stress, and challenges around pregnancy and childbirth.
She also supports young adults navigating early adulthood concerns. In session she blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices. That mix helps people notice patterns, try new responses, and reduce overwhelming thoughts.
Solution-focused techniques keep sessions action-oriented and help clients see small, measurable progress. Her approach aims to be practical and compassionate. She expects to work together on realistic steps, whether you want short-term problem solving or deeper change over time.
Signing up starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.
Shanon lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Shanon works with
The areas below are the ones Shanon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW-CP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
How Shanon’s Approaches Work Online
Shanon uses client-centered therapy to put the person’s experience first, listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. This helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through parenting concerns, trauma, or relationship stress.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, bipolar mood patterns, and managing anger by teaching tools that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit best based on goals, concerns, and how someone prefers to work. That may mean starting with short-term solution-focused steps and adding mindfulness or CBT techniques as needed.
Online therapy can make scheduling easier for busy parents and professionals. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection. These options provide flexibility so therapy can fit into a real-life routine rather than requiring major schedule changes.
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