Shanell Manson , LISW, LISW-CP

Shanell Manson is a licensed independent social worker with ten years of practice in Ohio. She focuses on emotional challenges like stress, anxiety, depression, and the strains that arise in relationships and family life. She works with people facing identity concerns, trauma, grief, and issues around intimacy and parenting.

Shanell shapes conversations and plans around each person’s situation. Sessions are practical and direct, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day demands and make clearer choices. She pays attention to how past experiences such as attachment wounds or abandonment affect current patterns.

Her background includes long-term clinical work supporting people with mood and attention concerns, compassion fatigue, and complex family dynamics. That experience informs how she helps clients handle career stress, caregiving strain, and major life transitions.

Shanell uses straightforward talk and collaborative problem-solving to help people build better communication and reduce hurtful cycles. She addresses practical issues like hoarding, eating and food-related problems, and anger while also exploring deeper feelings such as guilt, shame, and forgiveness.

People can expect options for video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Shanell emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a steady, supportive presence during the process.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Shanell works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on present-day coping and relationship patterns. One approach she uses emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful behavior and thinking patterns to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings; this helps with stress, depression, and ADHD-related struggles. Another approach centers on attachment and relationship dynamics, looking at how past bonds affect current intimacy and communication, which is useful for relationship concerns, codependency, and abandonment wounds.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try approaches that fit those needs. Adjustments are made as therapy progresses so methods match the pace and results the person wants.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, ongoing ways to share updates between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and caregiving schedules while keeping connections consistent.