Shawn Alyea, LPC

Shawn Alyea is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma with 30 years of practice. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and changes in relationships. Shawn emphasizes a respectful, compassionate approach and brings warmth and a sense of humor to sessions.

He believes growth can come from the very circumstances that prompt someone to reach out. Shawn centers the counseling relationship on respect and value for each person. That attitude guides how he listens and responds in sessions.

Clinically he often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative approaches, and client-centered work. He also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques as useful tools. These methods are used to help people explore thoughts, change unhelpful patterns, and reconnect with personal values.

Shawn has worked with a wide age range and a broad set of life concerns across his career, including trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, caregiver stress, and issues around parenting and fatherhood. He combines talk-based work with expressive techniques when that fits the client’s goals.

Sessions are geared toward practical steps people can try between meetings. Shawn aims to partner with each person to set clear goals and make steady progress, while keeping the work human and sometimes lightened with a bit of humor.

Approach and access through online therapy

Shawn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and support coping with life changes. He also draws on client-centered therapy, focusing on listening, respect, and building a trusting relationship so clients can set their own goals and move at their own pace.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shawn treats choosing methods as collaborative - he will talk through options, try strategies that match a person's goals, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback as progress unfolds so the plan can change as needed.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options increase flexibility, helping people fit therapy into busy or changing schedules while focusing on the approaches and goals that matter most.