About Shawn
Dr. Shawn Hysten-Williams, LPC offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, or life changes. She writes short-term goals with clients and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her approach is direct and problem-focused, aimed at helping people regain a sense of control and calm. Dr. Hysten-Williams holds a master’s degree in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University and a doctorate in Counseling Education from Texas Southern University.
Background and approach
She has 12 years of clinical experience and brings that background into sessions with clear tools and teaching. She uses psychoeducation to explain how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and to share simple skills people can practice between sessions. Her work commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness-based ideas.
Those methods translate into concrete exercises - like tracking thought patterns, setting small achievable goals, and practicing short grounding techniques. Motivational Interviewing also informs her style when people want help building readiness for change. She has experience addressing trauma, grief, addiction concerns, intimacy and communication problems, caregiver stress, and ADHD among other focus areas.
Dr. Hysten-Williams aims to create a respectful space for people of diverse backgrounds, including LGBTQ individuals. Sessions emphasize skills you can use between meetings.
She helps people problem-solve, improve communication, manage strong emotions, and plan next steps. The overall focus is practical change rather than long lectures.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Dr. Hysten-Williams commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression. Solution-Focused Therapy focuses on setting clear, achievable goals and identifying steps that move someone toward what they want to change.Mindfulness-informed techniques are also part of her approach, offering brief exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These practices are taught in short, usable formats so clients can try them between sessions. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist and client decide together which tools fit the client’s goals, preferences, and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful when visual cues help the conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, working through homework, or adding support between longer sessions. This range of formats makes it easier to keep consistent progress despite busy schedules or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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