- Years in practice
- 19
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Hunter is a licensed professional counselor with 19 years of experience helping people find practical ways to cope. She focuses on reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and other everyday struggles.
Her work often includes parenting concerns and related life changes. She blends talk therapy with teaching simple skills to use outside sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy inform much of her approach.
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment techniques are used when they fit a person's goals.
Background and approach
Hunter studied at Texas Tech University and completed advanced degrees, including a doctorate in Educational Psychology. She has worked in independent practice, clinics, university settings, and integrated health care. These varied roles shaped her calm, straightforward style.
In sessions she listens with patience and asks practical questions. She looks for coping strategies clients can try between meetings. The tone is direct but warm, aimed at helping someone feel understood and able to make small changes.
People who prefer a collaborative, skills-focused counselor often find this style helpful. The emphasis is on building tools for managing emotions, improving sleep and eating patterns, and handling relationship and parenting stress. Progress is measured in what clients can do differently in daily life.
What Shannon works with
Everything Shannon lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shannon helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-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 evidence-based approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking steps that match what matters most. It can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress by encouraging committed action despite difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that seem likely to help, and adjust the plan if something isn’t working. Sessions include teaching skills, practicing them together, and planning small experiments to try between meetings.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit moments of support into a busy day or to check in between meetings. These options help people stay consistent with therapy while balancing work, parenting, and other obligations.
Questions people ask about Shannon
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma, intimacy concerns, and parenting-related issues among other life challenges.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Therapy combines talk therapy with psycho-educational coaching. Sessions focus on learning coping skills and trying tools between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 19 years of counseling experience and a doctorate in Educational Psychology, along with graduate degrees from Texas Tech University.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and starting handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.
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