Shannon Gooch

Shannon Gooch is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people navigate separation, relationship challenges, and major life stress. She focuses on clear, practical steps so clients can feel less overwhelmed and regain direction. Shannon writes in straightforward language and treats each person with respect and calm attention.

She brings ten years of clinical experience and a background that includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Professional Counseling. Her work has included a range of practice settings and client situations, which shaped a grounded and detail-oriented approach. Shannon speaks from both professional training and life experience as a wife and mother.

Shannon focuses on issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, and bipolar concerns. Additional areas she addresses include abandonment, adoption and foster care challenges, blended family issues, body image, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, and divorce and separation. She aims to help clients untangle immediate problems while building long-term coping skills.

Her style is warm, collaborative, and pragmatic. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts, practice new responses, and set realistic goals. She also incorporates Trauma-Focused methods when past events are affecting current functioning.

Shannon’s practice centers on practical strategies for emotional regulation, problem solving, and rebuilding a sense of purpose. She works with adults and adolescents to create a plan that fits their life and goals.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify patterns of thought that contribute to distress and then practice new ways of thinking and behaving. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting clear goals and building small, practical steps that move a person toward those goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shannon works collaboratively with each person to decide what fits best for their situation, needs, and preferences. The plan can shift as goals change or new issues emerge, so clients help shape the direction and pace of therapy.

Session formats were not specified in the biography, so please confirm the current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that better suits a day. Many people find that virtual sessions let them maintain momentum between life demands while practicing skills learned in therapy with real-world timing.