Shannan Katz , LMHC, LPCC

Shannan Katz is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, relationship struggles, and identity questions. She makes space for honest talk and helps clients sort through thoughts and feelings. Shannan welcomes conversations about sexuality and supports people from the LGBTQIA community. Shannan holds a Master of Arts and practices as an LMHC and an LPCC in Ohio.

Her approach is practical and heart-centered. She listens first and offers direct, structured feedback when that fits the client. Sessions aim to build clearer communication, better coping with life changes, and steady progress toward personal goals.

Shannan draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thought patterns and on dialectical skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to sharpen goals and move toward the changes a person wants.

She commonly works with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, intimacy and sexual concerns, addictions, parenting stress, and career strain. Additional focuses include body image, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and aging-related concerns.

Most new clients begin with a video session, and follow-up appointments are often by phone. She also offers live chat and text-based messaging for brief check-ins and flexible contact. People who are coping with self-harm or active suicidal urges should seek crisis-focused services, as that is not her practice area.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and helping people find their own answers; online sessions using this approach focus on creating a comfortable space to speak and reflect. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems in video or phone sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then suggest CBT, client-centered methods, DBT skills, or solution-focused techniques as fits the situation. That process can change over time as goals evolve.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and an initial intake, phone is handy for regular follow-ups and when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging work for quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style exchanges. These options give flexibility to fit sessions into busy days and different life routines.