- Addictions support
- Life purpose work
- CBT and ACT approaches
About Shannon
Shannon Gaiser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 17 years of clinical experience. She lists addiction and co-occurring disorders among her long-running areas of work and also supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges around career and life changes.
Shannon draws on client-centered methods alongside motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral techniques. In practice she meets people where they are and helps them talk through immediate problems and next steps. Conversations focus on practical choices, coping strategies, and clearer decision-making rather than jargon or long lectures.
She has worked in inpatient and outpatient rehab settings and in private practice alongside medication-assisted treatment providers. That background informs her work with substance use and recovery concerns, including when someone is looking beyond 12-step options. Shannon also helps individuals manage anger, codependency, communication and commitment challenges that show up after major life changes.
Sessions tend to mix short-term problem solving with skills people can use between meetings. Mindfulness tools and CBT-style skill practice are common parts of her approach when they fit a person's goals. She encourages straightforward planning so people can test changes and see what helps.
Shannon offers services in English and is open to international clients. To begin she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule an initial session.
How Shannon uses therapeutic methods online
Shannon often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of online work. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most and helping people take small committed actions toward those values, which can help when someone feels directionless after a change. CBT breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns into specific problems and skills, and it works well for anxiety, depression, and habits people want to change.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shannon collaborates with clients to test methods and adjust what she uses based on a person's goals, preferences, and real-world results. Sessions typically combine conversation with concrete practice tasks to try between meetings so people can see what fits.
The original biography references texts, video, and voice sessions, but confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove the need to travel. Licensed professionals can use online meetings to deliver the same skill practice and behavioral experiments they use in person, while arranging timing that suits everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with addiction and co-occurring disorders and a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, and coping with life changes.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses client-centered conversations plus motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral techniques to clarify options and try practical steps. Mindfulness tools are used when helpful for noticing thoughts and feelings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience working in inpatient and outpatient rehab settings and in private practice alongside medication-assisted treatment providers.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Pennsylvania.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to people abroad?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are used?
The original biography mentions texts, video, and voice sessions; confirm current session options before booking to ensure the format you prefer is offered.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.