About Shawna
Shawna Lupori is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings eight years of clinical experience focused on addiction and mental health concerns. Shawna aims to create a steady, trustworthy space where people can share struggles and goals.
She emphasizes practical steps to help clients move forward and regain control over daily life. Shawna’s background includes work across several human services settings before her LPC credential. That breadth informs how she responds to stress, anxiety, depression, and substance-related problems.
How Shawna works
She also addresses relationship strain, family problems, grief, and career-related transitions. In sessions she adapts methods to each person’s needs. She often uses client-centered techniques that prioritize what the person brings and works with cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thinking.
Motivational interviewing helps when change feels difficult to start, and solution-focused methods keep work goal-oriented and action-minded. People who come to Shawna can expect straightforward conversation and concrete steps between meetings. She supports parents facing parenting strain, and individuals dealing with intimacy issues, eating concerns, or compassion fatigue.
She also helps with blended family dynamics, codependency, and the emotional fallout of separation. Shawna frames challenges as opportunities to build on strengths. She partners with clients to turn patterns that no longer serve them into practical habits.
The emphasis is on steady progress and usable skills that fit into everyday life.
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What Shawna works with
The areas below are the ones Shawna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s lead to identify goals and next steps that feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behavior patterns that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills to manage moods and reactions.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to support change when someone feels unsure or stuck. It helps clarify personal reasons for change and builds motivation to take small, achievable steps.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shawna will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and tailor methods accordingly. She treats therapy as a team effort where the client’s values guide decisions about technique and pacing.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation while phone sessions can be a lower-tech option that still supports deep work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone needs to move quickly between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep momentum between meetings.
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