Therapist profile
Shonnia Spears, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- CBT and client-centered
About Shonnia
Shonnia Spears is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, parenting strains, grief, relationship concerns, and issues linked to ADHD and trauma. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
She focuses on practical conversations that help people manage everyday pressures. That can mean talking through parenting challenges, coping with a major life change, or finding strategies for anger and low self-esteem. Her work also includes concerns related to adoption and foster care, multicultural issues, womens matters, and young adult transitions.
Shonnia uses straightforward, person-focused methods that encourage active participation. She draws from Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person's perspective and from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns that reinforce distress. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people set realistic goals and try small changes that can make daily life easier.
Sessions aim to be practical and paced to what the client needs. Conversations tend to look at specific problems and concrete steps to change how those problems feel day to day. Parents often leave with small tools to try between meetings.
Her background blends attentive listening with goal-oriented techniques. If someone is struggling with family conflict, compassion fatigue, or the emotional fallout of grief or trauma, she offers a balance of support and actionable skills. To start a first session, users follow the site's booking flow and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting the client's own priorities. In practice this means the therapist follows what matters most to the client and uses that as the basis for each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It involves identifying patterns and practicing small behavioral or thinking changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Deciding which approach to use is a shared task. The therapist will work with the client to identify goals and try methods that match those goals. That might mean starting with listening and support, then adding CBT techniques or brief solution-focused steps as needed.
The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten check-ins when time is limited, avoid travel, and allow work or parenting breaks to be used more efficiently. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and homework to be done between sessions so that practical progress continues in everyday life.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
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What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, trauma, ADHD-related concerns, and related issues such as adoption and multicultural matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered listening with practical approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set goals and try concrete changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on issues such as family problems, parenting strain, and emotional adjustment after loss or trauma.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
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