- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness skills
- Motivation focus
About Shannon
Shannon Powe-Saunders is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 18 years in the helping field. She began as a mental health and substance use case manager, connecting people diagnosed with mental health or substance use disorders to community resources. Over time she moved into counseling after earning a master’s degree in community counseling. She now works with adults on concerns such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, grief, trauma and substance use issues, and she lists anger among her focus areas.
Her background includes work with relationship and parenting issues, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, family of origin problems, blended family issues, and separation or divorce. Clients may bring worries about self-esteem, body image, communication, control, or codependency.
Shannon’s style blends several approaches. She uses client-centered ideas alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of psychodynamic thinking. Motivational Interviewing and mindfulness strategies are also part of her toolbox. Her sessions aim to be direct and practical, helping people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.
In sessions she helps people set concrete goals, practice new skills, and identify barriers that keep old patterns in place. For anger this can mean working on triggers, noticing physical cues, and testing alternative responses in everyday situations. She encourages gentle self-reflection and straightforward problem solving rather than long theory talks.
Shannon offers services in English and works from her Pennsylvania credential. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Shannon commonly draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in session. Client-centered work focuses on listening and helping a person clarify goals and values; it helps when someone wants to better understand why they react the way they do. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anger and anxiety.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice physical and mental cues before they act. Mindfulness practices are brief and can be used between sessions to reduce automatic reactions and build new habits. Choosing which approaches to emphasize is a collaborative process - the therapist and client decide together based on the person’s goals, preferences, and response to what they try.
Confirm specific session formats before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits help people try tools in their real routines and adjust strategies between appointments.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, substance use concerns, anger, relationship and parenting issues, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach mixes client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques, psychodynamic ideas, mindfulness, and Motivational Interviewing.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 18 years in the helping professions, starting as a mental health and substance use case manager and later moving into counseling after a master’s in community counseling.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions billed?
Costs vary with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.