About Shashana
Shashana Carter uses a client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral tools to help people navigate hard moments. She is presented here with MD, LCSW-C, and LICSW credentials and she practices in Maryland. Her style is warm and direct, focused on listening and practical steps forward.
Shashana helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma-related concerns. She also supports those coping with addictions, relationship and family challenges, intimacy concerns, and issues around self-esteem and body image.
How Shashana works
She works with mood-related concerns including bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder, plus life transitions such as midlife change and career shifts. In sessions she uses client-centered conversation to create space for people to be heard. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques when values-driven behavior change or skills practice can help.
That means talking through patterns, testing new ways of responding, and building habits that fit daily life. Her background includes work in social service and community settings and six years of clinical practice focused on individual therapy. She emphasizes straightforward feedback, respectful communication, and collaborative goal-setting.
The result is short, focused plans that aim to reduce worry and improve daily functioning. People who choose to work with Shashana can expect practical strategies for sleep, eating, and coping, along with support for relationships and identity-related stress. She helps clients set realistic goals and follow steps that feel doable in real life.
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What Shashana works with
The areas below are the ones Shashana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
Approach and online care with client-centered and CBT methods
Shashana draws on client-centered therapy to make space for people to tell their story and feel heard. This approach focuses on understanding each person's experience and building a respectful, collaborative relationship that guides change.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and to test small behavior changes. CBT-style work can be useful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep and eating issues, and managing compulsive behaviors by teaching concrete skills and practice tasks.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will work with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. Together they set priorities and try practical steps, then adjust the plan based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people replicate an in-person feel, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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