Shane Lopez, LPC

Shane Lopez is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, anger, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, career questions, and ADHD. He works with issues related to gender and sexuality, including LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns. He also supports people facing life changes, loneliness, and questions about purpose and identity.

Lopez draws on nine years of practice in mental health counseling and holds a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He uses plain conversation and guided exercises so clients can find clearer ways forward. Sessions aim to make difficult feelings easier to name and manage rather than to label or judge.

His style mixes practical tools with storytelling and metaphor. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, when appropriate, helps people spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Narrative and existential approaches are used to look at life stories and personal meaning in everyday choices.

In sessions clients can expect a collaborative tone. Shane helps people map what matters to them, set realistic goals, and try small changes between meetings. He explains ideas in straightforward language and checks in often to see what is working.

Therapy can focus on short-term skills or deeper life questions depending on each person’s needs. Shane welcomes conversations about identity, kink and alternative sex culture, family of origin issues, body image, addiction recovery, and commitment concerns. He aims to make therapy a practical space for exploring next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Shane uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that lead to distress and to try new behaviors that reduce symptoms. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday stressors.

He also draws on Narrative Therapy to help clients reframe their personal stories and look for different meanings in life events. Narrative work can be helpful when people feel stuck in one version of themselves.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shane will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust techniques as progress is made. He aims to match tools to real-life problems rather than force a single method.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quicker check-ins, and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, travel, or a busy schedule while keeping the focus on steady progress and clear goals.