About Shay
Shay Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience. He combines practical strategies with steady support to help people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and major life changes. He writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Shay works with individual clients on a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit challenges. He also helps people facing relationship and family tensions, parenting strain, caregiving stress, and issues connected to adoption and foster care.
How Shay works
Substance use, impulsivity, and co-occurring issues are part of his regular caseload. In sessions he looks for life patterns that keep people stuck. He talks through thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and helps set clear, reachable goals.
He uses skills drawn from evidence-based approaches to build coping tools that fit daily life. Shay pays attention to how early connections shape current relationships, and he blends that perspective with practical techniques to change unhelpful habits. He also incorporates mindfulness and motivational strategies to support behavior change and emotional regulation.
Clients can expect a collaborative process that focuses on small steps and measurable progress. Shay aims for an atmosphere that is straightforward and compassionate, where people can learn new ways to manage symptoms and move toward the life they want.
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What Shay works with
The areas below are the ones Shay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
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
Online approaches that combine skills and attachment work
Shay commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy alongside mindfulness practices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior with practical exercises that can reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current reactions, which can help with relationship stress and trust issues. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple exercises to lower reactivity and manage strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Shay will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan as progress is made, using feedback from each session to guide the next steps.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and teaching of exercises, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer quick touchpoints, flexible check-ins, and easier scheduling during busy days. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills between meetings.
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