Shawna TheriotLCSW

Shawna Theriot is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She offers straightforward, person-focused care designed to match each person's goals. Shawna uses practical tools and a calm, steady presence to help people cope when life feels overwhelming.

Her approach emphasizes listening first and building on what already works for each person. Shawna blends client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices to address symptoms and everyday habits. She also uses motivational interviewing and narrative methods to help people clarify values and rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves.

Shawna has worked across a wide range of issues, including parenting stress, work and school pressures, adoption and foster care experiences, body image, chronic illness, caregiving strain, and end-of-life concerns. She has experience supporting teens with self-esteem and bullying, adults managing ADHD and work-life balance, and older adults facing health and transition challenges.

Based in Texas, Shawna offers therapy in English and brings practical strategies to sessions. She focuses on helping people find small, doable changes that add up over time. Her style is collaborative and paced to the client's needs so people can leave sessions with clear next steps.

To begin, people complete a brief questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability. Sessions are offered with attention to each person's situation and goals.

How Shawna’s Approaches Work Online

Shawna commonly uses client-centered methods that focus on listening and following the client's priorities. This approach helps people set goals and guides the pace of sessions so work feels manageable and relevant.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems running. CBT offers concrete steps to change unhelpful patterns and is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness therapy is another tool she uses to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shawna collaborates with each person to choose or combine methods based on their concerns, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly to make sure the approach is helpful and adjusts the plan as needed.

The original biography mentioned virtual sessions, so confirm current session options before booking. Ask about the available formats and how they fit your routine. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel, and let people join from wherever they are located within the therapist's permitted region.