Shannon Wise, LPC

Shannon Wise is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience in mental health care. She practices in Alabama and focuses on helping adults and teens navigate stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, mood shifts, and relationship concerns. Shannon aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion as they take steps toward change.

Shannon tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person's needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation, grounding, and distress tolerance.

Her background includes five years working as a therapist in acute hospital settings, helping clients stabilize during crisis and return to daily routines. She then worked about four years in a correctional facility providing stress management support and coordinating treatment team efforts. More recently she has spent time in private practice and community settings working with individuals, teens, and couples.

Shannon often helps people set clear, achievable goals and track small steps of progress. She emphasizes practical skills for coping, communication, and problem solving. The work is collaborative and focused on building skills that fit everyday life.

People who want concrete tools for managing mood, impulsivity, grief, or relationship strain may find her approach useful. She supports clients in exploring values, strengthening self-esteem, and finding clearer direction for life purpose.

Approaches and Online Options for Skill-Based Therapy

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep struggles, and mood regulation by teaching practical exercises and homework tasks. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach grounding, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation skills that reduce impulsive reactions and improve coping in difficult moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Shannon works together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. This collaborative process includes setting clear goals, trying techniques, and adjusting plans based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief guidance between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy routines.