About Shanteria
Shanteria Onyemem is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, grief, and major life changes. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at giving practical tools and steady support.
She uses straightforward talk and active listening to understand what matters to each person. Sessions focus on small, doable steps - skills to manage strong feelings, strategies to sleep and cope better, and ways to rebuild confidence.
How Shanteria works
Shanteria blends short-term problem solving with deeper exploration when it helps. Her work draws on several well-known approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people change unhelpful thinking and habits.
Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s own goals and pace. Mindfulness and Emotionally-Focused techniques help people regulate emotions and connect with their underlying needs. With 15 years of experience, she has supported people through complex situations like chronic illness, caregiver stress, domestic violence aftermath, blended family challenges, and workplace burnout.
She pays attention to culture and background when shaping a treatment plan. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Shanteria works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients who can join online.
To begin, choose Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits.
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What Shanteria works with
The areas below are the ones Shanteria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy places the person's goals and pace at the center of sessions. It focuses on listening, empathy, and helping someone name what matters most so goals can be set clearly. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and habits that keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that suit those priorities. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy easier to fit into busy days. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be good when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for brief updates, homework, or when someone prefers written communication. These options provide flexibility while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical skills.
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