About Shawn
Shawn Crossley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and relationship or family concerns. He focuses on practical steps families and individuals can try right away. Shawn speaks plainly and works with people to set clear, manageable goals.
With 23 years in the mental health field, Shawn draws on client-centered and solution-focused methods to shape sessions around each person's needs.
Background and approach
He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address patterns of thinking that keep worry, low mood, or impulsivity stuck. He also brings trauma-focused work where past hurts continue to affect daily life. Shawn treats therapy as a collaborative effort.
He listens first, then helps clients pick small experiments and new habits to try between sessions. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and check-ins on what’s working or not. Parents worried about concentration, school struggles, or impulsive behavior will find straightforward strategies aimed at everyday life.
Shawn also supports people facing grief, career transitions, addiction concerns, or sexual and intimacy issues by breaking problems into manageable steps. He offers a calm, team-oriented approach that balances compassion with structure. Shawn helps clients map out realistic goals and tracks progress over time, adjusting the plan as needs change.
How Shawn Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Shawn commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral strategies to help people change unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Client-centered work means the conversation starts with the client's priorities and values, and Shawn adapts sessions to what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new ways of thinking to reduce anxiety, low mood, and impulsivity.He also uses solution-focused techniques that zero in on practical steps and short-term goals. Those methods are useful when someone needs a clear plan and quick, doable changes. Choosing the right mix is a collaborative process - Shawn discusses options, listens to the client's goals and preferences, and together they decide which approaches to try first and how to measure progress.
Online formats make this collaborative work easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter environment is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Overall, online therapy offers flexibility so care can match scheduling needs and day-to-day demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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