Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
How Shannon works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Derby helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and life changes. She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She focuses on building skills people can use day to day. She works with concerns such as depression, addictions, low self-esteem, grief, and issues around intimacy and relationships.
Parenting strain, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD are also areas she addresses.
Background and approach
Anger is a named focus, and she helps people find healthier ways to respond to strong feelings. Sessions center on clear goals and steady progress. She adapts conversations and plans to each person’s needs.
Expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and small steps to change patterns that get in the way of daily life. Her methods draw on evidence-based approaches like acceptance and commitment work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotion-focused skills. Attachment ideas and dialectical skills inform how she helps people improve relationships and manage intense emotions.
The result is an individual plan rather than a one-size-fits-all script. People who come to her often want practical tools and honest feedback. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion throughout the process.
If someone is ready to try a different way of coping, she offers steady support while they learn new habits.
What Shannon works with
Everything Shannon lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shannon's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and behavior change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for people who feel overwhelmed or reactive.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and try methods that fit your needs. Over time she will adjust techniques and plans based on what works best for you, so sessions are collaborative and flexible.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and role practice, phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep steady contact while working toward change.
Questions people ask about Shannon
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, self-esteem, grief, intimacy issues, parenting strain, career changes, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is the therapy style like?
The style is practical and goal-focused. Sessions combine conversation, skill practice, and small steps to change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional work experience helping people with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC - practicing from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.