About Shonda
Shonda Hart-Wright is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood challenges, addictions, and life transitions. Her style is direct and warm, aiming to help people take manageable steps forward.
Shonda draws on two decades of experience in a range of clinical settings. She uses straightforward, reality-based methods alongside client-centered care. Sessions often include clear behavior strategies, short-term goals, and attention to what is happening in the client’s life now.
How Shonda works
Her approach mixes cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance and mindfulness techniques. That combination helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new skills, and choose actions that fit their values. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when managing strong emotions and impulsivity.
Shonda helps with relationship strain, parenting stress, blended family concerns, caregiver burnout, and communication problems. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and challenges tied to identity or discrimination. In sessions she emphasizes respect and personal agency.
Clients set priorities and Shonda offers tools and feedback to reach those goals. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Shonda lists 8 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
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that match those values. It helps people who feel stuck by shifting attention from unhelpful thoughts to meaningful behavior. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress related issues. Mindfulness Therapy encourages present-moment awareness and simple exercises to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life circumstances. From that conversation she tailors techniques and adjusts the plan as progress is made so care stays collaborative and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, skill practice between sessions, or people who prefer typing over talking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and stay consistent with treatment.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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