About Shawna
Shawna Lupori is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with eight years of clinical experience. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about hard things. Shawna focuses on helping people move forward, heal, and reach practical goals in their daily lives.
Her background includes long experience in human services and work with adults facing both mental health and addiction-related struggles. She commonly supports people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family problems, and challenges tied to eating and intimacy.
Background and approach
Addiction, codependency, and co-occurring concerns are also core areas she addresses. In sessions she adapts methods to fit each person. Shawna uses client-centered conversations to understand what matters most.
She brings cognitive behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused strategies for setting clear next steps. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help with readiness for change and existential questions when people feel stuck about meaning or life direction. The result is a practical, collaborative approach that balances listening with actionable plans.
Shawna works with parents and adults who want steady, realistic support through life transitions, losses, and recovery. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make ongoing care easier to fit into busy lives.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Shawna commonly blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people with practical concerns. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and meeting each person where they are, which helps build trust and clarify priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches simple strategies to change unhelpful patterns.She also uses motivational interviewing when people are working through addictions or tough choices. That approach helps people weigh options, boost motivation, and plan small steps toward change. Together, these methods aim to make therapy feel clear and achievable rather than overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the process, and she works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person's goals and comfort. Expect conversations about what you want to change, some trial steps, and regular check-ins to adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, short reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These options let people keep therapy consistent around work, family, and recovery needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English