About Shalonda
Shalonda Gaddis is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of experience working in Alabama. She helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those coping with addictions and grief. She also focuses on anger, self-esteem, and building confidence.
Shalonda creates a space where clients can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings. She aims for straightforward, respectful conversations and avoids judgment. Her style is supportive and empowering, with an emphasis on practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Background and approach
She often helps people sort through control issues, communication problems, and feelings of guilt or shame. She also addresses loneliness, social anxiety and phobia, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Women's issues are listed as an area of focus.
Sessions tend to center on identifying what matters most to the client and developing simple strategies to move forward. Shalonda encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time. She works with each person at their own pace and adjusts the approach as needed.
Seeking therapy can feel hard at first, and she acknowledges that courage is required to begin. The goal is to support and empower clients as they take steps toward a more fulfilling life.
Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online care
Shalonda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life skills and coping. One common approach is practical skills work that teaches ways to manage anxiety and anger through concrete strategies such as breathing, pacing, and structured problem solving. This helps when stress and strong emotions feel overwhelming. Another area of focus is coping strategies for grief and addictions that break down recovery into manageable steps. These methods emphasize daily routines, short-term goals, and ways to rebuild confidence after loss or during recovery. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, try techniques that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Decisions about methods are shared so the work matches the client’s needs and preferences. Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow fuller conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can help maintain momentum between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep contact between meetings.Questions people ask
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- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English