- Years in practice
- 23
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Shawna
Shawna Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of experience. She decided to become a therapist after using her own experiences to help others move beyond surviving toward thriving. Shawna draws on her background to offer calm, steady support for people facing hard events and long-term stress.
She meets people where they are and treats them as experts on their own lives. Sessions focus on practical skills and honest conversation.
Background and approach
Shawna encourages small, achievable steps that lead to clearer choices and more manageable days. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and parenting challenges. She also helps people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy issues, compassion fatigue, and major life changes.
Additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and dissociation. Shawna uses an eclectic mix of approaches based on each person’s needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods.
The goal is practical change paired with emotional understanding. Shawna works with adults in Colorado and offers multiple ways to connect. Her style is collaborative and direct, with an emphasis on safety and gradual progress.
She invites people to explore what matters to them and to build tools that fit their daily life.
What Shawna works with
Everything Shawna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shawna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Shawna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and making hard life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can help with intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shawna will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adapts techniques as needs change and invites feedback to make sure the approach feels helpful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for a full-session conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging lets people keep up between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life while still focusing on progress and practical tools.
Questions people ask about Shawna
What concerns does Shawna commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and addictions. Other focuses include relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is Shawna's therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She meets people where they are and treats them as experts on their own lives.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working as a therapist and uses that background to support people through recovery and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, listed as CO LPC, and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shawna?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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