About Shannon
Shannon Caraway helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, parenting pressures, or life changes. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and he focuses on practical steps people can use right away. His approach is straightforward and aimed at helping people make small changes that add up.
Before becoming a therapist Shannon spent 18 years working in education. He then moved into mental health as a case manager and admissions coordinator.
Background and approach
After three years in those roles he earned a Master of Social Work and began working as a therapist. Shannon has worked across settings including geriatric and adult inpatient psychiatry, outpatient care, day treatment, and school-based services. That range gave him experience with many kinds of problems and many ages.
He has worked with clients as young as three and as old as 99. That experience shaped his habit of keeping language simple and focusing on concrete tools people can use at home or at work. In sessions he uses practical methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy.
He helps people set clear goals, try small experiments, and track what works. The emphasis is on useful strategies that fit a person’s daily life.
Practical approaches for online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Shannon helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small changes and clear goals; sessions focus on strengths and what a person wants to see happen next.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shannon will discuss options and tailor the plan to a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. The process is collaborative with regular check-ins to adjust techniques and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a full session with visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick access between sessions or a way to fit therapy into a busy schedule. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into real life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English