How Shannon works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shannon
Shannon Kaufman is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor with 14 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Shannon creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about what they are facing.
Shannon uses straightforward conversations to clarify what matters most to each person. She listens first, then helps set practical steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
That can mean learning new coping skills, seeing patterns in behavior, or building strategies to handle intense emotions like anger. Her work often includes support around relationship issues, parenting stresses, grief, and identity concerns for LGBT clients. She also addresses challenges such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, and chronic illness by focusing on manageable changes rather than quick fixes.
Shannon blends several common therapy methods. She leans on client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical behavior skills for emotion regulation. Motivational interviewing is used when people are weighing change or recovery from addiction.
People who want a practical, steady approach tend to do well with her. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with homework that fits into real life. Shannon supports each person in finding clearer choices and building stronger daily routines.
What Shannon works with
Everything Shannon lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shannon's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Shannon’s Methods Work Online and What to Expect
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person’s perspective. It helps when someone needs a validating place to talk and wants decisions guided by their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors link together and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance, which can help with repeated anger or impulsive reactions.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, try techniques that fit the situation, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That way the work stays focused and useful rather than being one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing, day-to-day coaching and reminders. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work between sessions, and access care from different locations.
Questions people ask about Shannon
What kinds of problems does Shannon help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, self-esteem, and related concerns such as relationship and parenting stresses.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions start with listening and building a safe, nonjudgmental space. She then uses practical tools and steps to address thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and identity-related issues.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds an Ohio LPCC, which means she is a licensed professional clinical counselor practicing in Ohio.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.