Shay Williams, LPC
Calm, practical guidance for everyday parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Shay
Shay Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 15 years of experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, mood challenges, addiction concerns, trauma, and parenting struggles. Shay listens first, then helps people set clear, manageable goals for change.
He keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Shay looks for patterns in thoughts, feelings, and behavior that contribute to recurring problems. He helps clients notice unhelpful self-talk and replace it with more useful thinking and actions.
Background and approach
Shay uses a mix of therapeutic approaches to meet each person's needs. He draws on attachment-based ideas to explore relationship patterns, cognitive behavioral techniques to change thinking and behavior, and mindfulness skills to build emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy tools are available when motivation, coping, or distress tolerance are priorities.
Shay has worked with people affected by adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, co-occurring conditions, substance use, grief, anger, and issues like control or codependency. He supports those coping with life transitions, bipolar and mood disorders, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions focus on clear steps and skills clients can use between meetings.
Shay helps people build coping strategies, improve communication, and make steady progress toward goals. He aims to be direct, respectful, and practical while honoring each client's experience.
What Shay works with
Everything Shay lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shay helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Shay lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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.
How Shay’s Approaches Work Online
Shay often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and action oriented, useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting-related stress.He also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past and present relationship patterns affect current behavior. This approach helps people understand connection, boundaries, and communication problems that show up in family and parenting situations.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shay will work with clients to match methods to their needs and goals, trying skills and strategies together and adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video helps preserve face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and observing reactions. Phone sessions can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or people who communicate better in writing.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, handle follow-up between meetings, and practice new skills in day-to-day life.
Questions people ask about Shay
What concerns does Shay commonly address?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, parenting challenges, relationship and family issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar and mood disorders, and ADHD.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Shay takes a practical, straightforward approach. He listens, identifies patterns in thoughts and behavior, and works with clients to set clear goals and learn skills to meet them.
What is Shay's professional background?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience and has worked with people from varied backgrounds on a wide range of concerns.
Where is Shay licensed to practice?
He holds an LPC license in Texas and practices with that credential within the state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Shay also accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shay?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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