Shannon Nelson
Compassionate, practical support for emotional challenges
LPCC California
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Anger, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shannon
Shannon Nelson is a California-licensed therapist (LPCC) who focuses on anxiety, stress, anger, self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. She brings three years of clinical experience and a background working in school settings where she supported children, teens, and young adults with ASD, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and related challenges.
Background and approach
Shannon emphasizes clients' strengths and collaborates to build practical skills for managing emotions and improving day-to-day functioning. Her approach combines evidence-informed strategies with a respectful, client-centered stance that treats each person as the expert on their own life.
Shannon draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking patterns, attachment-based ideas to explore relationship dynamics, and elements of narrative and dialectical work to help clients reframe experiences and develop emotional regulation. She aims to create a supportive space where taking the first step toward change is validated and guided.
Shannon frames therapy as a cooperative process focused on realistic goals and gradual progress. She works with individuals across a range of concerns and integrates practical interventions with reflective exploration to help clients build resilience and clearer self-understanding.
Approach-Oriented Online Therapy and What to Expect
Shannon integrates several practical approaches to help clients tackle emotional and behavioral concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors so clients can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress through concrete skill building. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships and early connections to understand how those dynamics shape current responses, which can be useful for issues like abandonment, codependency, and communication difficulties.Therapy is a collaborative process and finding the right approach is part of the work. Shannon partners with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she tailors methods over time so treatment aligns with what the client hopes to achieve rather than applying a single model from the start.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for scheduling and access. These formats allow for consistent, ongoing work on skills, emotional regulation, and narrative exploration without requiring travel, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English