About Shannon
Shannon Rick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family-related struggles. She works with concerns like parenting stress, relationship problems, grief, bipolar symptoms, and issues around self-esteem and anger. Shannon keeps language simple and focuses on practical steps people can try right away.
She uses a client-centered style that starts by listening closely to each person's experience. Together they set clear, realistic goals and build a plan that fits daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on skill-building for communication, coping, and emotion regulation. Shannon draws on several methods to shape that plan. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
Motivational Interviewing supports people as they find internal reasons to change, especially around substance use. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques provide tools for staying grounded and managing intense feelings. Her work also covers blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, codependency, first responder issues, and end-of-life concerns.
She pays attention to how multiple problems interact and addresses them together rather than in isolation. The aim is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes. Shannon brings four years of clinical experience and practices in New York.
She communicates in English and offers sessions in ways that fit different schedules and needs. If someone is ready to take the next step, she helps them map out what therapy could look like for their situation.
How her approaches work online
Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants practical steps to change daily habits.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who are weighing change, such as addressing substance use or building healthier routines. This method focuses on the client's own values and goals to build motivation. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness techniques are used to teach skills for managing strong emotions and improving focus in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shannon works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. She reviews what is helping and adjusts the plan as needed so the work fits the person rather than forcing a single method.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues help the work. Phone sessions can be easier when connection speed is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when a short update fits a busy schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English