Shawna Morrison-Flood, LCSW
Practical, respectful support for managing strong emotions
Book with ShawnaWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Shawna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shawna
Shawna Morrison-Flood is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life transitions. She works to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk about what feels most urgent. Her approach aims to help people take small, useful steps toward feeling better.
She draws on roughly 10 years of clinical experience and training in social work. Early in her career she worked with child protective services and later moved into clinical practice.
Background and approach
That range of work exposed her to many concerns, including mood disorders, trauma, addiction, and attention difficulties. Her style is direct but warm. She starts by listening to what a person needs right now and what they hope to change.
From there she picks strategies that fit each person, often using more than one method so therapy matches real life. Shawna uses practical tools you can try between sessions. Those tools include thoughts-and-behavior techniques, short goal-focused exercises, and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity.
She also brings a psychodynamic perspective when exploring patterns that repeat over time. People often come to her for help with relationships, parenting strain, grief, or coping after trauma. She supports those facing mood shifts such as depression or bipolar symptoms, and she offers ways to manage addictive behaviors and anger.
Shawna works with adults and accepts international clients who prefer English. She practices in Virginia as an LCSW and emphasizes collaboration. If someone wants a plan that fits their daily life, she helps set clear, achievable steps and checks progress together.
What Shawna works with
Everything Shawna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shawna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Shawna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- 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.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. It helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and help with stress and anger.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and choose methods that match those aims. She adapts tools over time, checking in to see what helps and what needs changing, so therapy becomes a collaborative process.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other for more interactive work. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a good short check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide flexible ways to extend support between sessions or to use brief, focused exchanges when scheduling is tight. These options help people keep continuity of care across locations and time zones while working on practical coping skills and anger management strategies.
Questions people ask about Shawna
What kinds of problems does this therapist help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, addictions, parenting strain, relationship and family problems, grief, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is the therapist's general style in sessions?
Her style is welcoming, sincere, and engaging. She listens first, then works collaboratively to decide practical steps and techniques to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has about 10 years of experience working in clinical roles, including time at a child protective services agency and later in outpatient clinical practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, VA LCSW, and practices out of Virginia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with a therapist.
How are costs handled for sessions?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.