About Shavonna
Shavonna Fitzgerald is a licensed clinical social worker who brings a decade of practice in New York to her work. She focuses on honest, straightforward connection and puts authenticity first when meeting people. Her aim is to make it easier to say what feels hard to say.
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also supports those coping with relationship strain, grief, parenting pressures, addiction, and career changes.
Background and approach
A number of additional concerns appear in her practice, including ADHD, intimacy issues, and family of origin problems. Her sessions are client-centered and practical. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Mindfulness practices are used to build calm and focus during hard moments. Shavonna adapts work to each person’s needs. She listens for patterns that keep a person stuck and then tries experiments that produce small, manageable change.
She also uses motivational interviewing strategies when people face ambivalence about change. People can expect a warm, down-to-earth approach. Conversations are plainspoken and goal-oriented, while still leaving room to process emotions and identity.
Her hope is that therapy becomes a place to practice new ways of coping and relating. Shavonna holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and has worked in settings that included survivors of domestic violence, substance use care, and forensic mental health. She works in English and is based in New York.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It means the therapist follows your pace, listens closely, and shapes sessions around what matters most to you. This approach helps when people want a supportive space to make sense of emotions and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress that feels stuck in repeated patterns.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and increase focus. Short breathing practices and grounding exercises are used to manage intense moments and build tolerance for discomfort.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, challenges, and preferences. This means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in formats that fit modern life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and richer interaction. Phone sessions can be a better fit when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera feels hard. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier to schedule, and they can fit around work or caregiving demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English