About Shannon
Shannon Powe-Saunders is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with 18 years in the helping profession. She began her work linking people with mental health and substance use services as a case manager and later completed a master’s degree in Community Counseling. That background informs how she helps people find practical supports and next steps.
She offers a warm, relatable presence and focuses on respect and empathy in sessions. Shannon sees therapy as a guide while people navigate painful or confusing life moments.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps people set clear, manageable goals. Her approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic ideas, client-centered care, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. In plain terms, she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try out different behaviors, and reflect on past influences that still affect them.
Shannon works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, and ADHD. She also addresses attachment and family of origin issues, codependency, caregiver stress, and body image concerns. Sessions are focused on concrete steps and steady progress.
People can expect practical tools, reflective conversation, and encouragement to try new coping strategies. She invites those ready to begin to take the first step toward change.
Approaches that guide online sessions
The therapist commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to change mood and functioning, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting a person’s own goals, which helps people feel heard and understood.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions without judgment, which can reduce reactivity and improve coping. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and have deeper conversations; phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter connection is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, written reflections, and flexibility for people who prefer writing or need shorter touchpoints during a busy day.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English