Shannon Kaufman, LPCC

Shannon Kaufman is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor who brings 14 years of experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and address trauma and abuse. Shannon aims to make the first step toward change feel more manageable and supported.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what they are feeling. Sessions are conversational and grounded in the client’s needs. Shannon listens closely and helps people name what matters most to them in the moment.

Her work blends direct problem-solving with emotional support. That means practical tools for day-to-day struggles alongside attention to difficult feelings. Common topics include relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, grief, and parenting stress.

Shannon also works with people facing life transitions, career stress, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. She uses approaches like client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, and trauma-focused therapy to match the work to the person.

Clients can expect a steady, collaborative tone in sessions. Shannon helps people set clear goals and practices skills together in the room. She encourages small steps that build toward better coping and clearer decisions.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the client’s lead. Online sessions using this approach tend to center on understanding what you want and supporting your own solutions. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical skills to change them. This approach can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by practicing new habits between sessions. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. That collaborative sense makes it easier to know which tools to use and when to shift focus.

Confirm the current session options before booking to know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. It can also let people practice new skills in the places where they live and work, then bring those experiences back into sessions for feedback and adjustment.