Therapist profile
Shannon Shuler, LISW
Licensed Independent Social Worker - Family and parenting
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- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions and recovery
- Trauma informed care
About Shannon
Shannon Shuler is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) practicing in South Carolina with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, and parenting concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Shannon accepts international clients.
Her background includes work across many clinical settings, including medical and pain care and support for people facing dialysis. She has supported people coping with infertility, grief, and post-suicide recovery. She also has experience with addictions such as sex, porn, and gambling concerns, and with mood concerns including bipolar disorder and depression.
Shannon draws from client-centered methods to focus on each person's goals and experiences. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and incorporates mindfulness practices to help people manage overwhelming feelings. She also works with approaches that address trauma recovery.
In practical sessions she blends skills training and talk therapy. That can mean learning specific strategies for coping with anxiety or practicing communication skills for strained relationships. She can also help people explore family-of-origin issues, blended family dynamics, fatherhood questions, and adoption or foster-care related concerns.
People who choose her tend to be adults looking for direct, skill-focused support around life changes, parenting strain, grief, or addictive behaviors. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the service's booking flow.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they inform online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. It means sessions start from what the client brings and build practical steps together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It can help people who struggle with strong emotions, relationship conflict, or self-destructive behaviors. Shannon uses these approaches in ways that emphasize concrete skills alongside talk therapy so people leave sessions with tools they can try between meetings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist and client will collaborate to choose methods that match the client's goals, concerns, and preferences. That might mean starting with skills from CBT, adding mindfulness practice, or using DBT strategies as needed. The original biography does not specify which session formats are offered. Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled and delivered. Online meetings can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and communication to work in remote appointments so therapy fits into everyday life.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting concerns, and related issues such as body image and fertility worries.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered with practical techniques from CBT and mindfulness. She combines skill-building and talk therapy to address symptoms and everyday coping.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working in multiple clinical settings, including medical and pain care and post-suicide recovery support.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) based in South Carolina.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats she offers.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies 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 a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.