Shannon Pena, LCMHC

Shannon Pena is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor-Supervisor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on common concerns adults bring at home and work, including stress, anxiety, parenting strains, relationship issues, career questions, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

Shannon’s style is person-centered. She pays attention to each person’s situation and chooses ways of working that make sense for them. Sessions typically include setting practical goals and working toward them over time. She may suggest short homework tasks between sessions to reinforce progress.

Her background includes work with young adults and people with developmental differences, including autism spectrum presentations and intellectual disability. She has also supported people with vocational and workplace questions and those experiencing compassion fatigue and anger concerns.

In sessions Shannon asks clients to be open and direct about what they want to address. She blends client-centered care with other approaches when that helps move toward a stated goal. The emphasis is on clear steps people can try in daily life and practical ways to manage stress, relationships, and role changes.

Clients who choose to work with her can expect straightforward goal-setting and collaborative planning. Shannon uses her years of experience to match her methods to a person’s needs and to revise the plan as progress and circumstances change.

How Shannon’s client-centered approach transfers to online work