Dr. Trevor Shannon

I am CBT psychologist and obtained my PhD in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. My pre- and post-doctoral training was conducted with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. I've worked in private practice, prisons, schools, and community mental health, and I currently sit on multiple state-wide psychological committees. Through these collective experiences, there isn’t much I haven’t seen. Still, I recognize that there’s always more to learn, and I remain eager to do so with new clients!

Though I specialize in men's issues, I have experience treating a large breadth of mental health concerns with diverse clientele and enjoy working with clients from all backgrounds and gender identities. My style is laid back and I prioritize strong therapeutic relationships with all of my clients to serve as springboards for the changes they are hoping to make. A primary goal is to help minimize power dynamics to foster an environment in which clients feel comfortable taking risks and sharing freely. Additionally, I actively emphasize and leverage clients' innate strengths as vehicles through which to reach treatment goals.

Typically, my clients come to me for the following issues, all of which I have considerable experience treating: anxiety, depression, trauma, work issues, relationship issues, low self-esteem, career counseling, communication issues, family conflict, attachment issues, and lack of meaning and/or purpose. As noted, I try to create an informal environment for my clients that promotes a sense of comfort and a desire to keep coming back. A primary goal of mine in therapy is to be as efficient as possible, meaning to respect my clients' time, the nature of their mental health concerns, and their hope to feel better quickly. To do so, I use relevant data from clients' self-report to help formulate pointed hypotheses about the factors that we will need to target in therapy. Once these hypotheses are formed, it becomes easier for us to move forward systematically in future sessions, in a way that ideally promotes quicker recovery and/or improvement.