About Shonda
Dr. Shonda Sessoms is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Mississippi. She holds a doctorate in Professional Counseling from Mississippi College and brings ten years of counseling experience to her work.
Dr. Sessoms meets people where they are and offers steady, respectful care. She has worked in education and community settings for over a decade.
That background means she is used to practical problems and everyday pressures. She helps people handle relationship struggles, family conflict, and the stresses that affect self-esteem and motivation.
Background and approach
Dr. Sessoms works with individuals ages 10 and up. She supports people dealing with career questions, life changes, grief, trauma, and issues related to intimacy.
She also addresses anxiety, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD in her practice. Her approach emphasizes a collaborative, person-led process. Conversations and plans are adapted to each person's needs.
She aims to help clients build skills, try new ways of coping, and strengthen what already works for them. Parents and caregivers will find straightforward guidance and clear steps they can use between sessions. Many people come for short-term problem solving or longer work on patterns that keep recurring.
Dr. Sessoms focuses on practical change and steady support as clients move toward goals.
Using client-centered and CBT approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and offering support that follows the person's lead. The therapist creates a space for people to talk through what matters most and work at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches clear skills to change them. CBT can help with anxiety, stress, mood shifts, and everyday routines that get in the way.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together you will choose methods that fit your needs. That collaborative process helps ensure sessions target what you want to change or understand better.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion and skill practice. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief reflections, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit school, work, or family schedules while keeping a steady path toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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