About Shannon
Shannon Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia. He focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. His style is direct and practical, suited to someone who wants clear steps and steady support.
He draws on several evidence-based approaches to tailor work to each person. Shannon uses cognitive tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and teaches skills for managing intense emotions.
Background and approach
He also incorporates acceptance-based practices to help people live by their values even when symptoms persist. Shannon has worked in a variety of settings, including independent practice and addiction and mental health hospitals. That background gives him experience with people facing substance use, mood disorders, trauma, and chronic health challenges.
He also has experience supporting those with ADHD, caregiving strain, and body image concerns. Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical. Shannon listens to the problem, clarifies goals, and introduces techniques you can try between visits.
He emphasizes clear communication and straightforward tools for coping, pacing the work to fit each person’s readiness. Outside of counseling he writes about motivation and resilience and has published a book. That interest in writing colors his practical, goal-oriented approach to therapy and his focus on helping people make usable changes in everyday life.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then act in ways that reflect their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes where managing meaning and purpose matters.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing thought patterns that lead to unhelpful behaviors. It offers clear exercises for anxiety, depression, and problems like insomnia or low self-esteem.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. Those skills are helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflict, and coping with crises.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your situation. Together you can try different tools and adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls let you use visual cues and longer sessions, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and ongoing coaching between sessions. These options let people maintain momentum and fit therapy into real life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English