About Shanta
Shanta Hayes is a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, and ADHD-related concerns. She also supports parents navigating parenting strain and people wrestling with money and life-purpose questions. Shanta writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths. Conversations are tailored to the individual rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete goals, small experiments, and tools that fit daily life. Shanta draws on four years of professional experience in settings that included work with children, adolescents, and adults. She pays attention to mood patterns, impulsivity, panic, and communication problems when those issues show up.
She also offers coaching-oriented support for motivation, self-love, and confidence. People who bring questions about BDSM, kink, and alternative sexual culture will find nonjudgmental attention to boundaries and consent. Shanta also works through family conflict, disruptive mood challenges, and women’s issues with practical strategies and respectful dialogue.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to what a person can manage. She aims to help people try new ways of coping, notice what helps, and adjust plans as needed. Shanta holds LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and CSW credentials.
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Shanta uses evidence-based techniques that focus on clear steps and real-world practice. One approach emphasizes goal-oriented work where short-term plans and tasks help reduce anxiety and improve sleep. This method breaks larger problems into manageable actions and tracks small wins. Another approach centers on mood and behavior tracking to spot patterns in depression, impulsivity, panic, and disruptive mood changes; it helps people test changes and notice what shifts their mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk through options and adjust methods based on a person's goals, daily routine, and comfort level. The process is collaborative - clients help shape what is tried and what is changed over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is good for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or coaching between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week and to keep work moving forward from wherever someone is located in Georgia.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
Also works with
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English