Hello and welcome, I am Shana. I am a licensed professional counselor and I work with children, teens and young adults. I strive to help my clients to feel comfortable to express their thoughts and feelings in a nonjudgmental environment. I enjoy getting to know each client and I am very creative and eclectic in my approach, I realize every person is different and has different needs in therapy.
You can expect to feel supported and understood in our intake. I am here to help you grow and learn skills that they may need at this time to lessen your depression or anxiety or deal with other changes you may be facing. I value building rapport and take my time in doing so, knowing that you will feel more comfortable in expressing your feelings if you have a genuine connection with me.
My greatest strengths are my ability to stay calm, find your inner strengths, and use creativity in our therapeutic journey. I will strive to make you feel safe, understood and valued.
I enjoy working with children and teens and young adults. I am best suited in working with the age group due to my background in school counseling and my experience in creative arts therapy. My therapeutic approach involves a person- centered approach which is strengths based. I use CBT, expressive/creative therapies, and solution focused modalities.
I use CBT to help my clients understand possible unhelpful/negative thought patterns and how to change them to lessen depression or anxiety.
I use creative arts in my therapeutic approach because I feel that art and play can help unlock hidden emotions and feelings, my children and teen clients often gravitate towards these materials which help them in self-expression.