About Shannan
Shannan Faust is a California-based licensed professional counselor whose approach centers on practical, evidence-based care. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, and problems with addiction. She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and respectful for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Shannan tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation. She listens for patterns that affect mood, self-esteem, motivation, and relationships. Then she helps people try small, concrete strategies they can use between sessions.
Background and approach
Her experience includes working with trauma and abuse survivors and people dealing with impulsivity, guilt, or shame. She also supports clients addressing attachment challenges, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or loneliness. Practical goals often include improving self-love, forgiveness, and a clearer sense of life purpose.
Sessions also touch on workplace stress and women's issues when relevant. Shannan pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and helps people test different ways of responding. Therapy is framed as a collaborative process aimed at clearer thinking and steadier mood.
She brings four years of professional experience to her practice as an LPCC. Sessions are offered in English and delivered remotely using multiple formats to match each person’s needs.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Shannan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and small changes. One common approach helps people learn specific coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as grounding exercises and step-by-step plans to manage overwhelming moments. Another frequently used method looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact, helping clients try new responses to lift mood and reduce avoidance.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their style, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That way the work stays practical and aimed at what matters most to the client.
Online therapy offers a range of ways to meet that make it easier to fit therapy into life. Video calls let people have a full conversation and use visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people keep continuity of care while matching the format to their schedule and needs.
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- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English