About Shawna
Shawna Rhymes-Danielson is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship struggles, parenting challenges, self-esteem issues, and life transitions. Shawna creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through painful feelings and confusing moments.
She uses practical tools drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values.
How Shawna works
Attachment-based and client-centered work guide her when relationship patterns and connection issues are central concerns. Mindfulness practices are woven in to help clients steady difficult emotions in the moment. Shawna has supported people dealing with trauma, addiction, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and complex family dynamics.
She also helps with concerns like abandonment, infidelity, communication problems, and parenting strains. Her approach is straightforward and focused on real-life changes rather than jargon. Sessions emphasize clear goals and small, manageable steps toward them.
Shawna talks with each person about what matters most and tailors interventions to those aims. She encourages learning new habits while keeping the client’s everyday life and limitations in mind. People who work with Shawna can expect collaboration and practical strategies.
She balances empathy with structure to make progress feel achievable. The overall aim is to help clients feel more grounded and able to handle life’s ups and downs.
Shawna lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, in Shawna's approach, focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small committed steps toward those values. It helps with life transitions, commitment issues, and ongoing anxiety by shifting attention from fighting thoughts to building meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for issues like depression, anger, and coping with stress.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Shawna will talk with each person about their goals, daily life, and what feels most practical. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust them over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for relationship and attachment work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing reflection, quick check-ins, and people who prefer writing to talking. These options help therapy fit work, parenting, and other daily demands while keeping a steady path toward goals.
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