I am a licensed mental health professional in Ohio with 14 years of clinical experience providing evidence-based treatment to adolescents and adults. My areas of specialization include stress and anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behaviors, relational concerns including consensual non-monogamy and polygamous relationship structures, and trauma related to sexual abuse and victimization.
My primary theoretical orientation is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I have specialized training in Anger Interruption Therapy (AIT), Thinking for a Change (T4C), Core Correctional Practices (CCP), cognitive restructuring targeting Thinking Errors, and Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Substance Use (CBI-SU). These structured, skills-based interventions address maladaptive thought patterns, emotional dysregulation, high-risk behaviors, and relapse cycles while strengthening pro-social decision-making, accountability, and long-term behavioral stability.
In my work with sexual addiction and compulsive sexual behavior, I utilize structured Cognitive Behavioral Therapy interventions focused on impulse regulation, cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention planning, and values-based behavioral alignment. When working with individuals in polygamous or consensually non-monogamous relationships, I provide affirming, nonjudgmental support that addresses communication, boundaries, attachment patterns, and relational stability.
For survivors of sexual abuse and trauma, I integrate trauma-informed care principles with cognitive-behavioral interventions to reduce symptoms of PTSD, shame-based cognition, and maladaptive coping patterns while restoring safety, empowerment, and autonomy.
My clinical approach is structured, goal-oriented, and outcome-driven. Treatment planning is collaborative and individualized, with emphasis on measurable progress, skill acquisition, and sustainable behavioral change. I am committed to providing an ethical, respectful, and clinically sound therapeutic environment that promotes accountability, resilience, and long-term growth.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, 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, Fatherhood issues, Fertility issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, HIV / AIDS, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused Therapy
OH LPCC E.2102278
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Shannon is so well versed in so many different areas. I started therapy with one issue in mind, but life provided me with new twists and turns over the past year. There is no question I could not have done this alone, or at least with as much confidence and optimism as with Shannon along side of me. I never expected to get this much out of therapy. Thank you Shannon.
Written on Nov 25, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, and coping with life changes
Shannon has been the best clinician that I could have asked for. She helped me through my darkest moments and has given me the tools and support to resolve my past and to be able to move forward in a healthy manner. Would recommend.
Written on Nov 04, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, and adhd
Shannon is amazing. I will be honest, this was my first time using BetterHelp and I was extremely nervous but Shannon truly creates a safe space. She will be extremely honest with you, which has created more confidence for me to allow the raw emotions and thoughts that I am having to be expressed unapologetically. Shannon does care and wants to also see you be confident in the ways you are improving your life. If you are scared or nervous, don't be because Shannon will care for you each step of the way.
Written on Nov 04, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
She is the best!!!!
Written on Oct 30, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 3 weeks on issues concerning lgbt
I think you’re the best
Written on Oct 02, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and ad
Amazing therapist, would recommend if you like a therapist that is not afraid to be honest with you.
Written on Sep 27, 2024 after therapy with Shannon for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes