- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Sleeping disorders
About Shana
Shana Funk is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, sleep problems, and depression. She names simple, doable changes as a path forward and offers steady support while clients try new ways of coping. Her style is practical and encouraging, aimed at parents and adults juggling many demands.
She focuses on small shifts that add up. Sessions often start with concrete steps to manage stress and improve sleep.
Background and approach
She also addresses family tensions and parenting challenges in ways that fit daily life. Conversations emphasize what someone can try between sessions and how to notice progress. Shana brings ten years of professional experience in social work to her practice and holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Her background includes helping people cope with anxiety, mood concerns, and isolation. She also works with people facing caregiver stress, control issues, and feelings of abandonment. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
She talks through practical strategies for sleep, routines for parenting, and ways to respond to anxiety or social fear. Forgiveness, life purpose, and midlife transitions are also topics she supports people in exploring. Shana practices in Indiana and offers services to people in other regions as well.
Sessions are offered in English and take several formats to fit different lives. She encourages anyone who is ready to take the next step to reach out and begin the matching process.
What Shana works with
Everything Shana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shana helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Social anxiety and phobia
Evidence-based tools and flexible online care
Shana uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and symptom relief. One common approach helps people identify and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and stress, such as pacing difficult tasks and building short calming routines. Another approach targets sleep and daily structure by adjusting habits and nightly routines to improve rest and daytime functioning. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to choose which techniques fit their goals and daily life, and adjust methods as progress is observed. The emphasis is on trying simple strategies, reviewing what worked, and refining the plan together. Online sessions are offered in multiple formats to suit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging helps maintain continuity between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy parenting schedules, workdays, or caregiving routines.Questions people ask about Shana
What concerns does Shana help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, sleep problems, and depression, plus related issues like caregiver stress, isolation, and control struggles.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
Her style is practical and collaborative, emphasizing small, manageable changes and concrete steps clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of professional experience working in social work settings and brings that clinical experience to therapy sessions.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker and practices in Indiana.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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