About Shanta
Shanta Hayes is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and low self-esteem. She also supports parents who want coaching around parenting and financial relationships. Shanta lists ADHD among her focus areas and addresses mood-related concerns and panic symptoms.
She approaches each person as the expert on their own life. Conversations are respectful and straightforward. Shanta emphasizes practical steps alongside emotional support to help people gain momentum and feel more in control.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped to fit what the individual needs. She listens for strengths and builds on them, then helps set clear, manageable goals. This can mean working on daily routines, coping techniques for worry, or strategies to improve sleep and motivation.
Her work is informed by four years of clinical experience in Georgia as a licensed clinician. She aims to be sensitive to identity and lifestyle differences, including people involved in BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, and she addresses communication and family conflict concerns when those are part of a person's goals.
Shanta provides a mix of coaching and therapeutic support tailored to the person in front of her. She emphasizes small, attainable changes and practical tools alongside reflection. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she tries to make the process clear and direct so people know what to expect.
Approaches that guide online support
Shanta uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach she uses is goal-focused behavioral work, which helps people build daily routines, manage sleep, and reduce impulsivity by trying small, measurable actions. Another approach emphasizes coping skills for anxiety and panic, like breath management, grounding techniques, and short behavioral experiments to test worries and notice what changes.Deciding which approach fits best is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, then try options that match your needs. Sessions can shift over time as progress is made or priorities change, with the person and therapist checking in together about what feels most helpful.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging make brief check-ins and coaching easier between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity when travel or work makes in-person visits difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
Also listed
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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