About Shatonya
Shatonya Craddock guides people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. She welcomes those dealing with relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, and compassion fatigue. Shatonya writes plainly and focuses on what people can do next.
She holds a Master of Social Work and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Texas. Her approach starts by listening to each person's story and identifying strengths they already have.
Background and approach
She uses practical tools to help with day-to-day coping and to shift patterns that keep problems stuck. Sessions aim to make small, steady progress that fits a person's life. Shatonya draws from several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy.
She mixes these methods to match each person’s goals rather than following a single script. The work often includes building skills for stress management, improving communication, and processing painful experiences.
With 11 years of practice, she has worked with a range of concerns related to attachment, blended family stress, fertility and postpartum struggles, caregiver strain, first responder and veteran issues, and multicultural challenges. Shatonya emphasizes practical steps and honest conversation. She invites people to take the first step when they feel ready.
The process begins by filling out a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits the person’s calendar. Sessions are offered online in English to clients located in Texas.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them, and then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and small behavior changes that reduce symptoms like depression and worry. It offers practical exercises to try between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on emotions and attachment needs to improve connection and handle relationship distress.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy journey. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Sessions often mix techniques so the work fits the client's situation rather than following one fixed model.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messages make it easier to stay connected between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Mississippi, New Jersey
- Languages
- English