Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Shanna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shanna
Shanna Gonzalez is a licensed clinical social worker with more than ten years of practice in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and anger while addressing related issues like self-esteem and motivation. Her approach starts with listening and building a clear plan that fits each person's life.
In sessions she prioritizes respect and sensitivity. Conversations are straightforward and practical. She helps people name what feels hard, spot patterns, and try small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with trauma and relationship concerns. That experience informs how she supports people coping with grief, intimacy-related worries, and addiction-related struggles. She also assists those navigating career stress, life changes, and compassion fatigue.
Shanna uses several therapeutic approaches to match what a person needs. She draws on attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas when relationships feel strained. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools for changing thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or anger.
Sessions are collaborative and practical. She helps clients set goals, try skills between visits, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. The aim is steadier emotion regulation and clearer choices in daily life.
What Shanna works with
Everything Shanna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shanna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shanna lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Attachment-based work looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people who feel stuck in repeating patterns, abandonment worries, or trouble trusting others by naming those patterns and trying new ways of relating.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools for managing anxiety, anger, and depression by changing unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors in daily life.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and shift core emotions that drive conflict or disconnection. It is useful when strong feelings keep getting in the way of closeness or effective communication.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions provide flexibility to fit therapy into a busy day. Video calls let people work face-to-face from another location. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a quick break. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Shanna
What kinds of problems does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addictions, grief, and related issues such as ADHD and career stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is respectful and practical, focusing on clear goals, skill-building, and conversations tailored to each person's needs.
What is her professional background?
She has more than ten years of experience working in clinical settings and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential.
Where is the therapist based and licensed?
She is licensed in New York and practices with that credential.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How do fees and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.