Michelle Shannon, LPC

Michelle Shannon is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, trauma or career challenges. Michelle aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and clear for worried parents and busy adults.

She creates a calm space where people can talk without judgment. Sessions center on practical steps and steady support, not lectures or quick fixes. Michelle encourages small, realistic changes that add up over time.

Her work blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness. That mix helps people spot unhelpful thinking, build coping skills, and manage strong emotions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas shape short-term goal setting and problem solving.

Michelle commonly helps with communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. She also supports people processing post-traumatic stress, questions of life purpose, and struggles with self-love and forgiveness. The emphasis is on achievable strategies that fit daily life.

Sessions are conversational and practical. Michelle listens, reflects, and then works with each person to pick tools that match their goals. She supports steady progress and adjustments along the way.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a strong working relationship so people feel heard and understood; online sessions use conversation to identify struggles and set meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and homework that transfer easily to digital formats. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills useful for managing intense feelings, and those skills can be practiced between sessions using notes, text reminders, or chat check-ins.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day routines to pick methods that fit. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so tools feel relevant and doable for each person.

Online therapy provides flexibility to meet from different locations and at varied times. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep momentum and integrate new habits into daily life.