About Shantel
Shantel Westbrook is a Licensed Clinical Practitioner (LCP) in Kansas with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at practical progress rather than academic jargon.
Shantel creates a calm space where clients can talk about worries and make small, steady changes. She emphasizes listening first and then working together to find clear steps forward.
How Shantel works
People often bring concerns about sleep, motivation, career uncertainty, and mood struggles. Her background includes long-term work with adults facing grief, compassion fatigue, and caregiving strain. She also supports those dealing with panic attacks, phobias, and mood disorders.
Over two decades she has helped people address drug and alcohol addiction and find purpose after major life shifts. Sessions cover concrete skills for day-to-day coping, practical strategies for rebuilding confidence, and planning for next steps during transitions like divorce or retirement. Shantel also offers coaching-style guidance when clients want action-oriented support alongside traditional talk therapy.
She practices in Kansas and holds the LCP credential listed above. Conversations are conducted in English and can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.
What Shantel works with
The areas below are the ones Shantel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Shantel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and problem solving. One common approach she uses teaches people concrete tools to manage anxiety and panic, such as breathing skills and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another focuses on behavioral routines to improve sleep, mood, and daily functioning by building consistent habits and small achievable goals.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Shantel listens to a person’s goals, symptoms, and life demands, then suggests options and adjusts the plan as progress is made. She partners with clients to test what works and shifts strategies when needed so the work feels relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or steady accountability between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on real-world change.
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