Active listening, interactive guidance, and invested engagement are how you will know that I am the real deal from the first session onward. I can establish an interactive, trust-filled environment that fosters the conditions for you to be able, to be honest, open, and willing to share, learn and grow in your life experiences. Whether you are looking to gain more self-awareness or self-esteem, insight and discernment, knowledge and perspective, new ways of communicating thoughts and feelings, grieving and acceptance, resolutions, and solutions...we can collaborate together to create goals and a plan of action that best accomplish what you are looking for...or just talk to get it out of your system, so you can start processing it. I am up for the challenge and the privilege of getting to know you. Are you ready to embrace your truths? Are you willing to take a direct look at the people, places, and things in your life that cause angst for you? Let's expand your mind, balance your emotions and relax your body so you can move forward. You may feel 'stuck' when there is an incomplete resolution from a life change, run out of coping tools to deal with a circumstance, or need the vision to pave the journey in your path of personal development.
I can assist you. How? I am authentic, empathic, strength-based, and holistic in my approach. With a combined Advanced Masters, ivy league education, and current expertise, combined with wisdom from extensive personal, life experiences, I understand the meaning and purpose of life s twists and turns on a very deep level. We only have one life and it's important to take good care of it, and that includes internally, as well as externally. I can help you.
An LMFT scope of practice (SOP)is focused on emotional, mental, and behavioral well-being, in regard to relationships with ourselves, others, and the world, at large.
Here are some specialized areas I have the scope of expertise (SOE) with, as well.
Id desired, working hypothesis available through thorough DSM5 criteria diagnostic assessment and clinical diagnosis ( rule outs/rule ins and differentials, multicultural and gender presentation considerations ), women's issues of life span/dev. adjustments of all ages, disorders, and presentations; ADHD expertise and ADHD, inattentive type /female presentations; morbid obesity, eating disorders and MH pre/post-bariatric surgery, personality disorders, narcissism, spiritual development, marriage and divorce challenges, intimate partner communication, and conflict resolution, and PTSD/CPTSD.
Additionally, I am an Associate Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor too, which expands my knowledge and skillset clinically and in career counseling too. I can use this additional knowledge to further assist through my LMFT credentials.
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Adoption and Foster Care, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant Personality, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, First Responder Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders , Multicultural Concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Smoking/Vaping Cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
CA LMFT 129896
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Shannan Garbani has been extremely understanding, helpful, and supportive and I have noticed changes in my daily life due to her expertise. I couldn't recommend her enough.
Written on Jun 28, 2022 after therapy with Shannan for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, and self esteem