About Shannon
Shannon Gutwein is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Wyoming with 14 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing depression, anxiety, addiction, and big life changes. Shannon aims to make therapy straightforward and useful for everyday problems.
She listens without judgment and helps people name what feels off in their lives. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, managing stress, and sorting relationship or intimacy concerns.
Background and approach
Shannon also works with those coping with grief, trauma, anger, or career strain. Her work draws on several well-known methods such as client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. That means conversations can shift from understanding feelings to trying new ways of thinking and acting.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques are used when helpful to boost focus and motivation. Shannon pays attention to patterns that keep people stuck and helps identify small, practical steps forward. She supports people dealing with substance use, codependency, caregiver stress, and first responder issues among other concerns.
The aim is clearer choices and better coping day to day. Therapy is offered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so sessions can fit into busy lives. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their experience, offering a respectful space to talk and feel heard. Online sessions using this approach center the conversation on what matters most to the individual and their goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes. In remote sessions this often means setting concrete practice tasks between meetings and reviewing results by video or text.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. These skills can be practiced in short exercises during video or chat sessions and reinforced with messages between appointments.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan together based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays practical and aligned with their needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English