- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and DBT methods
- Practical coping skills
About Shanterica
Shanterica Swan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with three years of clinical experience. She has worked in outpatient, residential, correctional, and virtual settings. She helps people who feel overwhelmed, anxious, emotionally drained, or who struggle with mood issues and regulation.
She commonly supports people coping with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, and life changes such as divorce or separation. Additional areas she addresses include eating and food-related concerns, guilt and shame, impulsivity, self-love, women's issues, and questions about life purpose.
Her work draws on client-centered principles and structured strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions focus on practical skills you can use day to day, like managing strong emotions, reducing overthinking, and improving coping during transitions.
In therapy she uses solution-focused techniques to set achievable goals and track progress step by step. Expect straightforward conversation, skill practice, and brief exercises you can apply between sessions.
She has experience with virtual care and with populations in different treatment settings, which informs how she adapts tools to everyday routines. Sessions are conducted in English and reflect three years of hands-on practice in mental health settings.
How therapeutic approaches inform online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the person's concerns. The therapist focuses on understanding each person's experience and clarifying what matters most to them, which helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and short homework tasks to reduce anxiety, depressive thinking, and overthinking. This approach is useful for mood concerns, stress, and changing unhelpful habits.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and managing impulsivity. These skills can be helpful for strong emotions, anger, or impulsive reactions in daily life.
Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods to try, adjust strategies based on progress, and focus on the person's goals and preferences.
The biography shows experience with virtual settings but does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when needed. They also make it possible to practice skills in the context of everyday routines, while the therapist and client decide together how to structure sessions to fit practical needs.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on divorce and separation, eating issues, guilt and shame, impulsivity, life purpose, mood disorders, self-love, and women's issues.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style mixes client-centered conversation with structured approaches. She uses practical skill-building from CBT and DBT alongside solution-focused goal work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of experience working in outpatient, residential, correctional, and virtual settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography notes experience with virtual settings but does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.