Shannon Julianne Toy, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW

Shannon Julianne Toy is a Michigan-based clinician who helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and a wide range of life challenges. She uses practical therapy methods to address relationships, grief, trauma, eating and body image concerns, ADHD, and career or parenting stress. Julianne aims for clear steps and steady progress rather than long, vague plans.

She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance-oriented and client-centered approaches. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, building skills for emotion regulation, and clarifying what matters most to each person. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are added when helpful to change how someone relates to difficult memories or recurring beliefs.

Julianne brings seven years of professional experience working across clinical settings. Her background includes hospital and community work and a mix of individual and group support. That variety informs a practical style that emphasizes skill building and real-world application.

She holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Those credentials reflect clinical training and years of practice. Julianne works with adults in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.

Therapy is offered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Julianne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in many online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing difficult thoughts without fighting them and choosing actions that match personal values.

She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches when they fit a person's needs. The therapist will work together with each person to figure out which approaches feel most helpful. That collaborative process means goals and methods can shift as progress is made and new challenges appear.

Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for face-to-face interaction and practicing skills in real time. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a busy schedule. Live chat or text messaging can provide shorter check-ins and steady support between sessions. These options let people match format to their routine while focusing on the same practical therapy tools used in person.