About Shanna
Shanna Brende is a licensed counselor with more than three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, or issues related to sexual orientation. Her approach is respectful and compassionate, and she works to tailor sessions to each person’s needs.
Shanna meets people where they are and helps them set doable goals for change. She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to reduce panic, manage mood swings, and address painful memories.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and paced to fit each person’s comfort level. Over 33 years of work in Missouri, Shanna has helped people facing abandonment wounds, body image struggles, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, and the effects of divorce or separation. She also addresses social anxiety, shame and guilt, self-worth, and issues that come up around sexuality and women’s health.
Sessions combine listening with structured tools that support coping skills and clearer communication. Shanna aims to help people regain a sense of control, reduce isolation, and build healthier day-to-day routines. She adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Shanna holds LCPC and LPC credentials and offers services in English. She encourages those ready to explore change to take the next step and begin a tailored plan for recovery and growth.
Online approaches and flexible session options
Shanna uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and rebuild daily routines. One approach focuses on practical coping skills for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step practice to reduce intense symptoms. Another approach addresses trauma and related mood struggles by helping people process difficult memories at a pace they can tolerate while building distress tolerance and emotional regulation skills.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and comfort level, and will adjust the plan as progress is made. Sessions focus on clear steps and regular check-ins so people can see what is helping.
Online therapy offers flexibility through multiple formats: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when visual connection isn’t needed, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical appointments, and let people pick the format that works best for concentration, bandwidth, or convenience.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 33 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas
- Languages
- English