My name is Shanna and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of California, Missouri, and Oregon. I am trained in utilizing a combination of therapeutic approaches, including existential, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral, and narrative therapy. I use my skills to assist individuals and couples in living a full and authentic life. My focus is on the importance of self-awareness and the empowerment of taking responsibility for creating change. I graduated with a Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from a State university in 2012, and I became fully licensed as a therapist in 2021. Along the way, I picked up professional experience as an entrepreneur, a project manager, an agency director, and a teacher. I’ve raised four children into young adulthood. I'm also a grandma, a dog-mom, a gamer, and a hobby farmer.
Our first session will consist of gathering information on what is bringing you to therapy, what your support system looks like, and some aspects of your personal and family history. I will ask you to identify your goals for therapy (what you want to get out of the experience.)
My greatest strengths as a therapist include sincere empathy, a non-judgmental attitude, ability to view circumstances through multiple therapeutic and experiential angles, a wide range of personal experiences, and reliability in delivering the expected quality of service.
I work with adults and couples. I am a good fit for clients who are active in seeking their own solutions and who are willing to apply therapeutic concepts outside of sessions. I will work with you to clarify your goals, and we will keep those goals at the forefront of our sessions. The typical length of therapy will fall between 12 and 20 sessions. I do not work with clients who are experiencing frequent or active suicidal thoughts, clients who engage in extreme self-harm, or clients who experience homicidal thinking. I do not provide letters of support for court proceedings, social work/CPS, or Emotional Support Animals. I am not currently accepting minor (under 18) clients.
Psychodynamic
I typically utilize a combination of Existential and Solution-Focused Therapy. My work emphasizes clarifying what the client wants to be different in life, identifying existing strengths and exceptions, and developing practical, realistic, next steps. Sessions are intentionally focused and goal-directed toward supporting insight, decision-making, and change. This approach works especially well for adults and couples seeking efficient, action-oriented, therapy.
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March 10, 2025
Shanna has been fantastic. She has honestly changed my wife and I’s life for the better and greatly helped our communication.