Shannon Smith

I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with experience supporting adolescents, adults, couples, and families through anxiety, stress, burnout, depression, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. My approach is practical, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based care, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, solution-focused strategies, psychoeducation, and skill-building.

I believe therapy should feel like a space where you can be honest, understood, and challenged in a supportive way. I work with clients on recognizing patterns, managing overwhelming thoughts and emotions, strengthening boundaries, improving communication, building confidence, and creating healthier coping strategies that can be used outside of the therapy room.

My background includes individual and family therapy, school-based counseling, community mental health, crisis intervention, and working with clients across a wide range of ages and life experiences. I value creating a comfortable, culturally responsive environment where clients can work toward meaningful and sustainable change at a pace that feels realistic for them.

My approach is warm, practical, and collaborative. I use evidence-based strategies such as CBT, solution-focused therapy, psychoeducation, and skill-building, but I also believe therapy should feel human and relatable. I help clients slow down overwhelming thoughts, recognize patterns, strengthen boundaries, improve communication, and develop coping strategies they can actually use in real life. I’m supportive, direct when needed, and focused on helping clients create meaningful change without making therapy feel stiff or intimidating.

Your first session is a chance for us to get to know one another, discuss what has been bringing you stress or concern, and identify what you would like to change. I’ll ask questions about your experiences, relationships, coping patterns, and goals, while making sure the conversation feels comfortable and manageable. You do not have to arrive with everything figured out. By the end of the session, we’ll begin identifying priorities and a direction for our work together.