Dr. Shawn Hysten-Williams , LPC

Dr. Shawn Hysten-Williams, LPC offers focused help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and trauma. She writes plainly and works with adults who need practical steps for everyday problems. Her style blends goal-oriented work with tools that clients can use between sessions.

Dr. Hysten-Williams holds a master’s degree in Counseling and a doctorate in Counseling Education. She has 12 years of clinical experience in Texas and draws on solution-focused therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sessions often include clear skills practice, guided problem-solving, and psychoeducation to explain why certain approaches help.

She helps people facing grief, parenting stress, intimacy issues, body image concerns, addiction struggles, and problems tied to work or career change. Trauma and abuse are also areas she responds to with practical strategies and supportive listening. She supports people who feel marginalized or isolated and emphasizes acceptance in the room.

Therapy sessions typically focus on setting small, achievable goals. Clients can expect actionable steps, techniques to manage overwhelming thoughts, and tools to improve communication. Homework and short exercises are commonly used to build new habits.

Her approach mixes mindfulness practices with motivational interviewing when appropriate to increase readiness for change. Dr. Hysten-Williams also uses solution-focused techniques to sharpen what clients want to achieve and how to get there. This combination aims to move clients from insight to everyday change.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Dr. Hysten-Williams commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, specific goals and steps toward a preferred future, making it useful for people who want quick, actionable change.

She may also bring in elements of mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support readiness and coping. Choosing the right approach is a shared process - the therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow for face-to-face interaction and in-session skill practice, while phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or stepping through exercises between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on goals over time.