Shawna Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of clinical experience. She began her path to therapy after using her own hard experiences to help others move past trauma and find strength. Shawna focuses on helping people rebuild their lives after difficult events and on practical ways to improve everyday functioning.
Shawna prefers an adaptable, down-to-earth style. She meets people where they are and treats them as experts on their own lives. Sessions typically focus on clear goals, skills people can use between appointments, and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Her work covers stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, depression, and addictions. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, and coping with life changes. Additional areas she has worked with include body image, chronic pain or illness, caregiver stress, and dissociation.
Shawna draws on several practical approaches to support change. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people act in line with their values. Attachment-informed work helps people understand patterns in close relationships.
Shawna practices in Colorado and conducts sessions in English. Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, and she invites clients to take an active role in planning their work together.
How Shawna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Shawna uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is hands-on and often includes concrete exercises and homework that fit well with remote conversations.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even when feelings are hard. ACT is useful for stress, anxiety, grief, and improving self esteem by focusing on meaningful steps. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can help people reduce repeating unhelpful cycles in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shawna will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that make sense for each person. This is a collaborative process and may change over time as progress is made.
Session format options are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when people need them. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and pacing to match everyday life and circumstances.
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is adaptable and down-to-earth. She focuses on practical skills, goal-setting, and treating clients as experts on their own lives.
What is her professional background?
Shawna has 23 years of clinical experience and began her career motivated by personal experience with survivorship and social change during her master's internship.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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