Shawnte' Gates
Compassionate, practical support for growth
LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shawnte'
Shawnte' Gates is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina who draws on a client-centered, integrative framework to guide therapy.
Background and approach
She blends practical strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people manage anxiety, depression, stress, mood disorders, panic, and other concerns. With ten years of professional experience, she has worked across residential, in-home, and outpatient settings and brings that breadth to each client interaction.
Shawnte' focuses on building skills that support self-esteem, coping with life changes, and addressing relationship or intimacy-related challenges. She also works with issues such as addiction, trauma and abuse, sleeping difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and concerns around identity and LGBTQ matters.
Her additional emphases include body image, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, and exploring life purpose. Her approach is warm and supportive, beginning from where a person is and tailoring treatment to cultural identities and lifestyle.
She emphasizes collaborative goal-setting and practical techniques to shift thinking patterns and rehearse new skills, helping clients move toward choices that align with their values and priorities.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Shawnte' uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, panic, depression, and mood difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy is also central to her work, focusing on empathy, validation, and meeting the person where they are so that goals feel personally meaningful and attainable. She integrates mindfulness practices to support emotional regulation and present-moment awareness, useful for stress, sleep problems, and trauma-related symptoms.Deciding which approach to emphasize is a collaborative process. She works with clients to understand goals, preferences, and life context, then adapts techniques so therapy aligns with individual needs. That flexible planning helps clients try different strategies and settle on what feels most helpful for them.
Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity across life changes. These options support flexible pacing, quicker check-ins between sessions, and access to licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English