Shannon Kaufman, LPCC

Shannon Kaufman is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 14 years of experience. She practices from Ohio and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, addictions, and the aftermath of trauma. Her manner is straightforward and calm, aimed at making a first step feel less intimidating.

Shannon creates a space where clients can talk without judgment. She listens first and helps people name what is most pressing. Conversations are practical and grounded in everyday life, with an emphasis on immediate coping skills and clearer thinking.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy. That mix lets her teach tools for changing thoughts and behaviors while staying attentive to emotions. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change.

Shannon works with a wide range of concerns, including grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and workplace or career strain. She also supports people dealing with bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and identity-related questions in the LGBT community.

In sessions she focuses on short-term, usable strategies and on building a plan that fits a person’s life. People leave with specific steps to try between meetings. Her style is respectful, direct, and collaborative, aiming to help clients move toward clearer goals and more manageable days.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Shannon often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change the unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching skills to test thoughts and build new routines.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. This approach helps people feel heard and supported while they make decisions about change. Dialectical Behavior Therapy contributes emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for strong feelings and relationship strain.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shannon will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time so it fits the client’s needs.

Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let clients use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can fit into busy days and allow for brief, focused support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, parenting, or other responsibilities.