About Shannon
Shannon Lloyd is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with 16 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges around self-esteem and relationships. Her approach is warm and direct, aimed at practical change one step at a time.
Shannon focuses on clear goals and simple tools clients can use between sessions. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot patterns and try small experiments that build better habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used when helpful to make sense of feelings and personal stories. Her background includes work in a variety of counseling settings and with people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Over the years she has supported individuals coping with parenting stress, family conflict, adoption and foster care issues, and identity concerns, among other struggles.
This range informs a flexible, down-to-earth style. Sessions move at the client’s pace. Shannon aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can name problems, set doable goals, and practice new ways of responding.
She encourages clients to notice small shifts and build on what works. Those who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative relationship that balances empathy with clear, practical steps. She values dignity and respect and helps people tackle life changes with focused support.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. The therapist reflects back concerns, helps name feelings, and supports clients in choosing goals that matter to them. This approach helps with worries about identity, self-esteem, and life purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online sessions use simple exercises and behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping with anxiety, depression, or anger. Clients often leave with concrete skills to try between meetings.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people better understand and manage strong emotions. In an online setting this can mean practicing new ways of naming feelings, shifting patterns of reaction, and building emotional clarity for relationship and attachment concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. That plan can change as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a busy schedule. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, step-by-step guidance, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent despite a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English