Shan Croft, LMFT

Shan Croft is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Georgia with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, stress, and life transitions. Shan uses straightforward conversation and clear goals to help clients make practical changes.

Shan describes her style as collaborative, direct, and supportive. Sessions are aimed at identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and then testing manageable changes. She emphasizes respect, empathy, and sensitivity while keeping work focused and goal-oriented.

Her work often includes addressing self-esteem, grief, addiction-related concerns, and challenges linked to intimacy. Shan also supports people dealing with career questions, compassion fatigue, and the emotional fallout from trauma and abuse. She pays attention to cultural and multicultural concerns when they affect a person's experience.

Shan draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a core approach and combines it with client-centered techniques, motivational interviewing, narrative methods, and solution-focused strategies. That mix lets her tailor sessions to each person's needs and preferences instead of following a single formula.

Sessions can be shorter or longer depending on what a person needs, and Shan is flexible about fitting time to the work at hand. Her goal is practical change: clearer thinking, healthier patterns, and better coping skills you can use between sessions.

To begin, people choose a plan, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits their calendar. Shan then works with each person to set goals and design steps they can try between meetings.

How Shan's Approaches Work Online

Shan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small, practical behavior changes that ease symptoms like anxiety and low mood. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions person-focused, listening closely and following what matters most to the individual. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone needs help finding or strengthening their own reasons for change, especially around habits or addiction concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shan will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that fit. That means therapy stays flexible and collaborative as needs evolve.

Online formats offer practical advantages for busy lives. Video calls are useful when visual cues help the conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief updates, homework check-ins, or people who prefer typing over talking. These options make it easier to schedule regular work on goals and to keep momentum between sessions.