Shannon Hartman, LCSW

Shannon Hartman is a California licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use soon after a session. Her approach centers on the client’s strengths and lived experience.

Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and take action even when feelings are hard. Attachment-based ideas inform how she looks at relationship patterns and connection.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Shannon supports work on sleep struggles, impulse control, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also helps people dealing with addiction-related concerns, career stress, and questions about life purpose.

Her background includes 15 years of practice in social work in California. She holds the LCSW credential, which is used below after the full title is named. That experience shapes how she balances practical tools with emotional understanding.

Shannon encourages small experiments between sessions. People often leave with one or two clear actions to try. The work focuses on steady progress rather than quick fixes.

How Shannon’s approaches translate to online therapy

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress. That approach works well for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep issues, and stress by giving clear skills to practice between sessions.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take meaningful action even when emotions are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy appears in her work when relationship patterns and connection issues are part of the concern, helping people notice how early bonds shape current reactions.

Finding the right fit is a shared process. Shannon will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest which approaches to try first. She adapts techniques over time based on what feels useful and what the person wants to prioritize.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues and longer conversations, phone can be a simpler check-in or better when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat is useful for shorter check-ins or when a written prompt helps reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different ways of working to see what helps most.