Shanna Gonzalez , LCSW

Shanna Gonzalez is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in New York. She brings 10 years of professional experience to sessions and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, and self-esteem struggles.

Shanna uses a straightforward, respectful approach in conversations. She adapts sessions to each person’s needs and helps clients set practical goals. The work often centers on clearer communication, building coping skills, and increasing confidence.

Her background includes supporting people through grief, addiction concerns, career distress, and life transitions. She also addresses issues related to intimacy, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include abandonment and attachment wounds, body image and eating concerns, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Therapeutic methods draw on attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused approaches. Those methods are used to help people name patterns, try new ways of relating, and manage difficult thoughts and feelings.

Sessions are offered in English. Shanna works with individuals who want a practical plan and steady support while they make changes. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly and learn tools that fit their daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life

Shanna often draws on attachment-based work, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral ideas to guide online therapy. Attachment-based work looks at patterns in relationships and helps people understand how early connections shape current reactions. Client-centered listening focuses on hearing your story without judgement and building goals from what matters to you. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities and then suggest which methods to try first. Sessions can adapt over time so the plan fits what is actually helping you make changes.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection matters, phone sessions can work with lower bandwidth or while on a break, live chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum while working toward your goals.