Therapist profile
Shawn Brisbane, LPC
LPC counselor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment approaches
- CBT and DBT techniques
About Shawn
Shawn Brisbane is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with 10 years of clinical experience. He helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting strain, and other life changes. He also works with issues around intimacy, sleep and eating, anger, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Shawn uses straightforward conversation and practical strategies in sessions. He leans on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based methods, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and DBT skills. Sessions focus on clearer thinking, learning new coping skills, and building routines that make everyday life easier.
He describes therapy as a collaborative effort. Shawn listens to what matters most and helps people set small, doable goals. That can mean reducing overwhelm, improving communication, or making a plan to manage cravings and urges.
Shawn has particular experience with adoption and foster care questions, attachment issues, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, and co-occurring concerns. He also supports people facing cancer, commitment and control issues, and difficulties linked to autism and Asperger syndrome.
Practical tools and skills practice often appear in sessions. Shawn helps people name patterns that cause trouble, try different responses, and track what works. He asks clients to bring real situations from home so the work transfers to daily life.
How sessions work
How Shawn’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify personal values and take small actions toward them. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems because it prioritizes workable steps over getting stuck in worry. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how those early patterns affect adult reactions. That approach is often used with relationship concerns, grief, and caregiving stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shawn will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. He may combine ACT, attachment work, client-centered listening, CBT tools, or DBT skills depending on what is most helpful to the client.
The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten a check-in when time is limited, or avoid travel time. It also makes it simpler to practice skills between sessions in real-life settings and to bring current relationship or parenting situations into discussion.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
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What kinds of family or parenting issues does he help with?
He helps people with parenting strain, blended family issues, communication problems, and caregiving stress.
How would you describe his approach in sessions?
Sessions use practical conversation and skill-building from client-centered, ACT, CBT, and DBT approaches to address immediate problems.
How much experience does he have?
He has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including addiction, trauma, anxiety, and mood issues.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor licensed in Pennsylvania.
Does he work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography did not specify session formats; confirm the current session options before booking.
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 get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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