About Shannon
Shannon Powe-Saunders is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 18 years in the helping profession. She started her career connecting people with mental health and substance use resources and later completed a master’s degree in Community Counseling. Shannon brings steady, practical support to people facing emotional and life challenges.
She describes herself as warm and relatable. Shannon centers respect and empathy in sessions and aims to be a steady guide through difficult moments.
Background and approach
She frames therapy as a partnership where people can explore what’s causing distress and learn ways to cope. In practice she draws from several approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered principles. That blend helps her address things like depression, anxiety, bipolar concerns, grief, trauma, and substance use.
She also helps people with relationship strain, parenting stress, anger, career issues, and ADHD-related challenges. Her background working as a mental health and substance use case manager gives her a practical view of community resources and real-world barriers to care. Shannon uses that experience to help people find next steps and link to supports when needed.
She favors straightforward strategies and small, achievable goals. Shannon encourages people who are ready to change to reach out. She will listen, reflect what matters to the person, and help shape a plan to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Her style is supportive and focused on making steady progress.
Approaches that fit online counseling
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s experience and aims to create space for honest talk and reflection. It helps people who need acceptance, clarity about their goals, and a nonjudgmental place to sort through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical tools and small experiments to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy adds attention to the present moment and simple exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Shannon will talk with each person about their goals, try strategies that fit their needs, and adjust methods over time. The aim is to find what helps the individual make steady, manageable progress.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people read facial cues and work more like an in-person visit. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or when written reflection fits someone’s style. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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