About Shawn
Shawn Alyea is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with thirty years of experience. He offers calm, straightforward support for people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and life changes. Shawn aims to help people feel respected and valued while they work toward clearer goals and better day-to-day functioning.
He brings a compassionate, occasionally humorous style to sessions to reduce pressure and make hard conversations easier. Shawn believes growth often happens in difficult moments, and he focuses on practical steps that help clients move forward.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be collaborative and focused on the client’s priorities. Shawn most often combines cognitive behavioral methods with narrative techniques and expressive tools. That means he helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, tell the stories they carry about themselves, and try small, doable changes to test new ways of living.
He uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing when they fit the goals someone brings. His work has ranged across many concerns, including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, stress and compassion fatigue, bipolar disorder, and self-esteem problems. He has supported people through divorce, caregiver strain, aging issues, and struggles with impulsivity or isolation.
Shawn welcomes a practical, goal-oriented approach and likes to match methods to each person. He draws on long experience and simple clinical tools to help people reduce distress, clarify priorities, and build routines that support everyday life.
Combining practical approaches with online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to the person. The therapist creates an accepting environment and follows the client's priorities while working toward real goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with impulsivity by breaking concerns into manageable steps and testing small changes.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. It can help with stress, rumination, and building calm routines.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they will try methods that fit and adjust over time so sessions remain focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to create flexibility. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and help keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to get consistent support around work, school, or caregiving commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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