About Shonda
Dr. Shonda Sessoms is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with ten years of counseling experience. She earned a doctorate in Professional Counseling and has worked in school and community settings.
Dr. Sessoms focuses on practical, respectful care and tailors conversations to each person's needs. She helps people with relationship and family concerns, self-esteem and confidence, career decisions, and coping with life changes.
She also supports those managing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar challenges, attention-deficit concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to intimacy-related issues and LGBT concerns. Dr. Sessoms meets people where they are and uses straightforward, collaborative talk to set goals.
She adapts her approach for different ages and situations and builds a plan that fits the person rather than using a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions are designed to feel practical and focused on real-life steps. Her background in education and community work means she has experience with a range of everyday problems across age groups.
That experience informs how she helps people make changes that stick. The emphasis is on small, sustainable shifts rather than quick fixes. People can expect a respectful, compassionate atmosphere that values their voice.
Dr. Sessoms encourages people to take gradual steps toward clearer decisions, stronger relationships, and better stress management. She supports long-term growth through steady, collaborative work.
Online approaches that fit your life
Dr. Sessoms uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's experience. This approach emphasizes listening, respect, and supporting a person's own goals. It helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to sort out decisions or feelings.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT provides concrete tools for managing anxiety, stress, mood swings, attention-related challenges, and practical problems at work or in relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they check what works and adjust the plan over time to match changing needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a lunch break or require less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat works well for shorter check-ins or flexible communication. These options help make therapy more accessible around work, school, and family life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English