Shannon Mott, LCSW

Shannon Mott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nine years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or family struggles. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to reduce distress and regain balance. Shannon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with acceptance-based and attachment-informed approaches. She helps clients identify unhelpful thought patterns, try different behaviors, and work toward clearer values and needs. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each persons comfort. Her background centers on supporting people through trauma, life transitions, and identity concerns. She also addresses issues like grief, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strain, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving roles. Work often combines problem-solving with emotional processing. Shannon aims to create an inclusive space for LGBT clients and for those from diverse cultural backgrounds. She also brings experience with adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, and intimacy-related concerns. Clients can expect straightforward goals, skill practice between sessions, and check-ins about progress. Shannon frames therapy as a partnership where small changes build toward larger results over time. She provides services from Louisiana and connects with people in English. International clients are accepted, and session formats include video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How these approaches work online

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood through practical exercises. ACT emphasizes clarifying personal values and accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that matter, which helps with life transitions and chronic struggles.

She also draws on attachment-informed ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships and to build more secure ways of relating. The therapist and client decide together which approach or blend fits best, with regular check-ins to adjust methods based on progress and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill modeling. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, practicing new skills between sessions, or when a more flexible schedule is needed. These options make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into daily life while keeping the work collaborative and goal oriented.