Shawna Powell, LPC

Shawna Powell is a licensed professional counselor with 23 years of experience in Colorado. She became a therapist after using her own life experiences to guide others toward healing. Shawna focuses on helping people move from mere survival to a more meaningful life. She meets each person where they are and treats them as the expert on themselves.

Shawna draws on a mix of practical approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment work, attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. In sessions she helps people sort through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns. She also supports those coping with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and life changes.

Her style is direct but warm. Shawna listens for what matters most and then helps clients try small, doable changes. She uses straightforward tools to manage strong emotions, rethink unhelpful thoughts, and build day-to-day coping skills. Goals are set together and adjusted as needed.

People who work with Shawna often want hands-on strategies they can practice between meetings. She offers short-term problem-focused work and longer-term support for deeper patterns. Shawna encourages steady progress and treats setbacks as part of the path forward.

Therapy is offered in English and is provided through a range of online formats. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone with the right plan and scheduling is arranged based on therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Shawna often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical strategies to change behavior and mood. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult feelings, clarify personal values, and take steps toward a meaningful life despite discomfort.

She approaches treatment collaboratively and expects to learn what fits each person. Together a therapist and client review goals, try approaches in session, and adjust plans based on what works. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process rather than a single upfront decision.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed, and messaging or live chat can support brief updates, skills coaching, or flexible contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work from different locations.