About Shayna
Shayna Pannuzzo is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and related mood concerns. Shayna believes clients are the experts on their own lives and draws on their strengths during sessions.
She works with people who are neurodivergent and with those who have developmental or intellectual disability histories. She helps with issues such as attention difficulties, impulsivity, obsessive-compulsive features, and the emotional strain that comes with caregiving.
Background and approach
Communication problems and social anxiety are also within her scope. Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills with mindfulness and motivational interviewing. In sessions she helps people notice patterns of thought, build emotional regulation skills, and set realistic, motivating goals.
Work is focused and practical with steps people can try between appointments. Shayna also supports those dealing with relationship tension, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and isolation. She offers ways to manage anger, panic, and mood swings so daily life feels more manageable.
Progress is measured by clearer coping strategies and improved day-to-day functioning. Clients can expect a collaborative tone in sessions. Shayna offers guidance and evidence-informed tools while centering each person’s goals and lived experience.
She practices in New Jersey as an LPC and conducts work in English.
How Shayna uses therapy skills online
Shayna commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online sessions. CBT helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and depression, often through short practical exercises and homework. DBT offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach happens together. Shayna collaborates with each person to identify goals and then tries strategies that fit their needs and preferences. She adapts methods to the pace someone prefers and checks in regularly to see what helps and what needs adjustment.
Online therapy can make meeting easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls are useful for more in-depth work where visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between scheduled sessions and get support without waiting. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, or other daily demands.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English