About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Holliker uses a mix of evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in Florida and brings 12 years of clinical experience to sessions.
Her work is direct and practical, aimed at short- and longer-term goals based on each person’s needs. She focuses on clear, honest conversation in sessions. People can bring whatever feels important - worries about parenting, workplace strain, addiction concerns, or questions about identity and relationships.
Background and approach
The therapist pays attention to small wins as well as bigger changes and helps people notice steady progress. Her background includes a PhD in Public Affairs with a social work focus, a Master of Social Work, and a second master’s in Child Development and Education.
That mix of training supports work with parenting concerns, young child development, adoption and foster care issues, and trauma-related responses in families. In session she uses attachment-based ideas, client-centered dialogue, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. These methods are used to clarify patterns, reduce symptoms like panic or obsessive thoughts, and build practical coping skills for day-to-day life.
Dr. Holliker also supports people facing compassion fatigue, first responder stress, postpartum mood concerns, workplace difficulties, and fertility-related stress. She helps set measurable goals and tracks progress together so people can see what changes are working.
People meet with her by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their preference. Sessions are scheduled via a short matching questionnaire and a start process that connects people with the platform and available therapists.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape how people give and receive support. Online work with attachment ideas can help people notice interaction patterns and try new ways of connecting with others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It often uses short exercises, thought records, and practical behavior experiments to reduce anxiety, panic, or obsessive thinking.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Sessions include reviewing progress and choosing tools that match a person’s preferences and day-to-day life.
Online formats can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection helps. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and are good for focused check-ins. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief updates, coaching-style exchanges, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options provide flexibility while keeping the therapeutic work focused on measurable goals and practical skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English