About Shannon
Shannon Early is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York with 13 years of experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Her work also addresses relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and concerns about body image.
Shannon keeps a relaxed, personable tone in sessions while following professional standards. She focuses on practical questions about how patterns form and how to change them.
Background and approach
Instead of chasing accusatory why questions, she guides people to ask how those patterns developed and how to shift them. Her conversations often look at childhood roles and family dynamics to see how past experiences shape present choices. She may help clients spot repeating patterns so they can make different decisions.
That approach aims to build new, workable habits rather than assigning blame. Shannon tailors the dialog and plan to each person’s needs. She outlines steps you can try between sessions and checks what feels workable.
The emphasis is on concrete change and clearer decision making. People come to her for a range of concerns, including abandonment wounds, communication problems, divorce or separation, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose and midlife shifts. She also supports work on boundaries, forgiveness, and growing self-love.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Shannon often helps people identify repeating patterns and then practices new skills to change them. One common emphasis is examining how childhood roles and family dynamics influence present decisions. This helps people see the steps that led to certain behaviors so they can choose different responses.She also focuses on practical problem-solving and behavioral change. That involves breaking down situations into manageable steps, trying new actions between sessions, and reviewing what worked. These techniques are useful for stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and challenges around self-esteem and body image.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to pick strategies that match goals, needs, and personal preferences. Together they will adjust methods and the pace until the plan feels useful and doable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let you speak face to face when that helps, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat allows short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English