Shannon Gaiser , LPC

Shannon Gaiser is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 17 years of clinical experience in Pennsylvania. She draws on long experience helping people facing addiction, mood disorders, and major life changes. Shannon speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She approaches sessions with a client-centered style. That means conversations start with the person's priorities and move at a pace that feels manageable. Shannon also uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people notice unhelpful patterns and build new habits.

Her background includes many years working in both inpatient and outpatient rehab settings and several years providing care alongside medication-assisted treatment providers. That mix of settings means she is familiar with recovery challenges, relapse concerns, and family dynamics related to addiction and mental health. Shannon also has experience with trauma, grief, anxiety, bipolar concerns, and parenting stress.

In sessions she helps people who are wrestling with stress, relationships, self-esteem, grief, and identity questions, including issues related to LGBT experiences. She often addresses communication problems, codependency, abandonment concerns, and the strain of family-of-origin problems.

Shannon offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick a format that fits their life. She works collaboratively to set clear goals and practical next steps, and she invites people to start with small, achievable changes.

Using practical approaches online with flexible formats

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person's own goals and experience, creating space to be heard and to build confidence at a manageable pace.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches match their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made and new challenges appear.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can be used for quicker check-ins or between-session support. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity when travel or schedules change.