Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Shanua works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC-MH
- Licensed in
- South Dakota
- Years in practice
- 19
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shanua
Shanua Smith is a licensed professional counselor - mental health (LPC-MH) practicing in South Dakota with 19 years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and stress. She also supports concerns around relationships, addictions, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, and career transitions.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She creates a calm space where clients can speak openly and learn skills that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than long explanations. Shanua blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work to follow the person’s pace, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, and trauma-focused tools when past events are still causing pain.
She may also use EMDR and motivational interviewing as appropriate. In session she listens for patterns that hold people back, then helps craft small, doable changes. That can mean new ways to manage anger, fresh communication habits, or routines that improve sleep and mood.
Coaching-style guidance is offered when people want concrete next steps. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions are part of a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, someone selects the Start Therapy button, completes a brief matching questionnaire, and schedules based on therapist availability.
What Shanua works with
Everything Shanua lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shanua's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Shanua lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using practical therapy approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy invites the therapist to follow the client's lead and respond to what matters most in a session; it helps people feel heard and guides work at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking and behavior that cause distress and then practicing new, more helpful responses; it is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses how past painful events affect present feelings and reactions and helps people develop safer ways to cope with memories and triggers.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, what has helped before, and any worries about starting therapy. Together they will decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video works well when visual connection helps build trust, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging allow quick check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. This variety makes it easier to fit therapy around work, family, or medical appointments while keeping the focus on practical, measurable change.
Questions people ask about Shanua
What concerns does Shanua address?
She supports a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship problems, addictions, self-esteem, sleep and eating issues, and career changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, direct, and practical. She focuses on clear goals and small steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 19 years of experience working as a clinician in South Dakota and brings long-term clinical experience to common and complex emotional concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LPC-MH credential and practices in South Dakota.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Sessions use a subscription that varies with location and therapist availability and can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.