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Angela Angiolieri
Aleta Clark, LPC
Hi there! My name is Shannon Skahan and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) offering telehealth therapy to clients located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. I received my master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Chicago and have provided individual short-term and long-term therapy within higher education mental health (student counseling centers), inpatient and outpatient healthcare settings, group private practice, and a a county jail. It is an honor to bear witness to the experiences my clients share during our work together, and I employ a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach throughout treatment.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together we'll meet for about an hour. This appointment will help us to get to know each other and explore goodness of fit for ongoing care. We'll start by going over general housekeeping related to confidentiality, administrative policies, and mutual availability. Later on we'll begin discussing what brings you into therapy during this season of your life, what you hope to get out of working with me, and any other questions that arise along the way!
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I consider myself a compassionate, kind, and thoughtful provider. I also approach each session as if my clients are in the driver's seat while I gently provide navigational cues and support in the passenger seat! I feel strongly that clients are the experts of their own lived experiences and I check in regularly about whether clients feel we're on track with agreed upon treatment goals, or if we would benefit from exploring new goals and/or different clinical approaches throughout our work together.
About Shannon Skahan
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Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
Helping clients explore their values is a passion of mine, and doing so leads to conversations that enable us to work together when considering how to honor and protect these values. ACT also helps clients identify/respond to emotions, increase self-compassion, and consider what matters most life.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) offers an evidence-based approach to support clients who have experienced traumatic events or complex trauma across the lifespan. EMDR also helps clients get "unstuck" so that conversations in treatment feel both validating and adaptive. EMDR can be offered as a stand-alone approach, or in conjunction with other evidence-based approaches.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
DBT offers clients an ability to focus on mindfulness practice, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and increasing interpersonal effectiveness in relationships. DBT also provides clients with strong coping skills to assist with managing stressors of everyday life. I tend to utilize DBT as an accessory to another evidence-based form of treatment (when helpful).
Eclectic
Learning how to approach my work with skilled eclecticism has enabled me to approach therapy visits as client-centered and tailored to individual needs. Introducing aspects of ACT, EMDR, DBT, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, psychodynamic theory, and family systems approaches helps me think creatively about how to support a client's short-term and long-term treatment goals. Leaning into meaningful eclecticism also enables me pull from other evidence-based approaches when doing so will help clients achieve their goals.
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