Shannon Flaherty Gibbons, LCSW
Compassionate support for stressed and uncertain parents
Book with Shannon- Years in practice
- 26
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Shannon
Shannon Flaherty Gibbons is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 26 years of experience practicing in California. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting concerns, and self-esteem. Shannon aims to make it easier for a worried parent to take a first step toward change.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about what’s hard. Her approach is straightforward and supportive. She listens closely to what matters most and helps people set simple, realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions include practical strategies to manage stress and anxiety, and to build confidence day to day. Shannon draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor sessions to each person. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that align with values.
Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas guide how she builds trust and explores relationship patterns. Parents often want help balancing demands, setting boundaries, or handling communication strain. Shannon talks through concrete steps for those situations and helps people try new ways of relating that feel doable.
Many people come for help coping with big life changes, caregiving strain, chronic illness, or feelings of emptiness. She brings steady support to those challenges while focusing on what the person wants to change next.
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
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic 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 therapy approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thinking that increase stress or anxiety and teaches practical skills to change those patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shannon will collaborate with each person to pick or blend methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they’ll try strategies, check what helps, and adjust the plan based on real progress and feedback.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and exercises that benefit from seeing one another. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text let people check in more flexibly between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, and caregiving demands while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady support.
Questions people ask about Shannon
What concerns does Shannon commonly help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and self-esteem issues. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, chronic illness, attachment struggles, and fertility or fatherhood questions.
What is her general therapy style?
Shannon keeps sessions practical and supportive. She listens closely, helps set small goals, and offers concrete skills to try between visits.
How much experience does she have?
She has 26 years of professional work experience providing clinical support in California.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and starting arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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