About Shania
Shania Wilkes is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Pennsylvania with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship strain, and major life transitions. Her work also addresses anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and a range of mood concerns including bipolar symptoms and panic attacks.
Before counseling, she taught college courses in psychology and human development, which informs the clear explanations she offers in sessions.
Background and approach
Shania tailors her approach to each person and draws on multiple therapy methods rather than a single formula. She centers the person’s own values and strengths when setting goals. Her style is direct but warm.
She describes it as carefrontational - honest conversations handled with empathy. In practice that looks like naming patterns, gently challenging unhelpful thinking, and supporting new behaviors that fit the client’s life. Shania commonly uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered approaches, along with mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools.
She practices in ways designed to help people manage symptoms, reduce distress, and regain a sense of purpose. Sessions move at a practical pace and focus on real-life changes. Shania helps clients build skills for communication, cope with loss, address addictive behaviors, and rebuild self-worth.
She aims to leave people with clearer next steps and a greater sense of agency.
How specific approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It often helps with panic, mood shifts, and managing stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and the client’s own goals so the client feels understood and supported as they work through challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shania collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and checks in about what is helping, so treatment stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and for people who need different ways to connect.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English