Shannon Powe-Saunders, LPC

Shannon Powe-Saunders is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 18 years in the helping profession. She began working as a mental health and substance use case manager before earning a master's degree in Community Counseling. That foundation led her into counseling individuals and parents facing common life struggles.

She helps people cope with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and grief. She also supports those dealing with substance use, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy challenges, and stress related to caregiving or career changes. Concerns such as ADHD, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue are also within her focus.

Her style is warm and relatable. She centers respect and empathy and treats each person as being on their own life journey. Sessions focus on practical steps to move through painful moments and toward better functioning.

Shannon blends several approaches to meet clients where they are. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at past influences that shape present feelings. Person-centered ideas guide a collaborative, listening-first stance, and motivational interviewing helps people find their own motivation for change.

Shannon aims to be a steady guide during difficult transitions. She encourages small, achievable changes and supports clients as they try new ways of coping. People who want a direct yet compassionate counselor may find her approach helpful.

How Shannon's Approaches Work Online

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, then practicing specific skills and small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or problematic habits. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, with the therapist listening, reflecting, and helping clients find their own solutions for relationship, self-esteem, and life-change issues.

Finding the right way to work together is part of therapy. Shannon will collaborate with each person to pick approaches that fit their goals, concerns, and preferences. That choice is reviewed and adjusted as progress is made so sessions stay relevant and focused on what the client wants to achieve.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily routines.