About Shanden
Shanden Brutsch is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California. She brings three years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, trauma, anger, and depression. Shanden aims to create a calm, steady setting where someone can talk through what feels overwhelming and start to make small changes.
She focuses on individual sessions and group interactions to build a working relationship. In sessions she listens for patterns, helps name reactions, and sets clear goals clients can try between meetings.
Background and approach
That might mean practicing new ways to talk about intimacy, working through effects of past sexual assault, or learning tools to manage anger and anxiety. Shanden understands military and first responder cultures through family experience and uses that perspective when clients bring related concerns. She can help people who are coping with isolation, communication breakdowns, post-traumatic stress, or identity and sexuality questions.
The work is practical and grounded in everyday steps. When someone reaches out she helps them map priorities and decide what to focus on first. Sessions often include check-ins, skill practice, and planning for what happens between appointments.
The aim is gradual relief and clearer choices. Shanden encourages people to try a first session and see if the approach feels like a fit. She supports clients in taking the next step toward feeling less burdened and more able to manage daily life.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Shanden uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical skills and trauma recovery. One approach emphasizes building coping skills for anxiety and stress by teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to reduce overwhelm. This helps when worries or panic make daily tasks hard to manage.Another approach focuses on processing trauma and its effects by helping people tell their story at a pace that feels manageable. Work like this aims to reduce the power of painful memories and improve emotion regulation after distressing events. It can be helpful for post-traumatic stress, sexual assault recovery, and related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods as progress and feedback emerge.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or other commitments.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English