Shashana Carter, MD, LCSW-C, LICSW
Calm, practical therapy for everyday struggles
Book with ShashanaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Shashana works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C, LICSW
- Licensed in
- Maryland, Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shashana
Shashana Carter is a clinician who combines client-centered listening with practical strategies. She holds an MD, is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C), and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). She has six years of experience working directly with people on issues like stress, anxiety, depression, and anger.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. Sessions focus on clear goals and real steps people can use between meetings. She listens carefully, gives honest feedback, and helps clients notice what is getting in the way of change.
Background and approach
Shashana often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, accepting space where people can talk through hard feelings. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns that contribute to problems such as anxiety, addiction, sleep trouble, or low self-esteem. In practice she helps people tackle relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.
She also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions like midlife changes or aging-related questions. Sessions may include talking through difficult emotions, practicing new ways to react, and setting achievable behavior goals. She works with clients on complications such as obsessive thinking, body image and eating issues, and challenges related to sexual and gender identity.
Her style is steady, compassionate, and focused on practical progress.
What Shashana works with
Everything Shashana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shashana's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Shashana lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using Client-Centered and CBT Approaches Online
Shashana works with two main approaches that translate well to online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience. The therapist listens without judgment and helps the person explore feelings and values to find their own path forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing different responses. CBT can help with anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and habits tied to addiction or low mood.Deciding which approach to use happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, what has helped or not helped before, and what feels most comfortable. That collaborative process makes it easier to choose techniques that fit the person's needs and day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when deeper conversation and visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging help with brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or continuing work between sessions. These options add flexibility for scheduling, managing work or parenting demands, and keeping momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Shashana
What concerns does Shashana commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and listening-focused with honest feedback. She blends client-centered listening with practical CBT techniques to set goals and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of direct experience providing therapy and related services in professional settings.
What credentials and location are listed for this clinician?
She holds an MD, is an LCSW-C (Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical), and an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) and practices in Maryland.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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