About Shonda
Shonda Harris helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, or life changes. She is an LPC with 18 years of experience and speaks English. Shonda writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to show how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. That helps when someone wants to change a pattern that feeds anxiety or low mood.
How Shonda works
She also draws on solution-focused work to set clear, reachable goals and track progress. Shonda has spent nearly two decades supporting people with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, addictions, grief, trauma, and family-related concerns. She helps people understand diagnoses and build coping skills they can use between sessions.
Sessions often center on small, concrete changes rather than long theoretical talks. Communication problems, commitment worries, and issues tied to attachment or abandonment are common topics she addresses. She also works with parenting stress, blended family challenges, and career or life-purpose questions.
The emphasis is on workable steps to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Shonda aims for a nonjudgmental, respectful tone in sessions. She collaborates with each person to find what changes matter most and what will work in their life.
The result is straightforward, goal-oriented care that fits into busy schedules.
Shonda lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Shonda works with
The areas below are the ones Shonda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Shonda uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions focus on practical exercises, simple behavior experiments, and skill practice that can be done between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses solution-focused therapy to set clear, short-term goals and identify small steps that move a person toward those goals. This approach concentrates on what is working now and builds momentum with measurable progress rather than long-term problem analysis.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss each method and help decide which techniques match a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on concrete skills and goal progress.
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