Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Shawana works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shawana
Shawana Porter is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 15 years of practice experience. She has worked in hospitals, correctional settings, and mental health facilities. Shawana focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, and depression.
She helps people facing trauma, grief, and relationship struggles. Shawana also supports those dealing with intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. She provides care for concerns tied to sexual assault, young adult challenges, and aging and geriatric issues.
Background and approach
Her sessions aim to be direct and practical. Shawana listens first, then helps clients identify small, doable steps forward. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what can change next, not on judgment.
Shawana uses a mix of methods to guide work on patterns and reactions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking, mindfulness techniques to build calm, and solution-focused ideas to plan next steps. She also uses family systems concepts and a client-centered stance to keep the client’s goals central.
Clients can expect a supportive tone and an emphasis on real-life skills. The work typically includes clear strategies for managing anger, building confidence, and coping with stress. Shawana encourages people to tell their story and to take practical steps toward a more satisfying day-to-day life.
What Shawana works with
Everything Shawana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shawana's practice.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Shawana commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help clients who struggle with anger, anxiety, or depressive thinking. Cognitive Behavioral approaches focus on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Mindfulness-based work teaches simple breathing and attention skills to reduce reactivity and build calm.She also draws on solution-focused ideas that help clients set clear, short-term goals and try small changes between meetings. Family systems concepts inform how relationships and roles affect behavior, while a client-centered stance keeps each person’s goals at the center of planning. Together these approaches offer both coping tools and concrete steps to move forward. Finding the best match is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest approaches to try. Sessions can be adjusted over time based on what works and what the client wants to focus on.
Online therapy with Shawana uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face-to-face from wherever they are, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low, live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity between appointments.
Questions people ask about Shawana
What concerns does Shawana address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, LGBT concerns, family-related matters, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and supportive, focusing on listening, identifying next steps, and teaching skills people can use between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in hospitals, correctional settings, and mental health facilities.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Shawana offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for meeting.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.