Shawna Powell , LPC

Shawna Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 23 years of clinical experience. She chose counseling after using her own life experiences to help others move beyond survival toward a fuller life. Shawna believes people can heal and grow even after painful events, and she brings that belief into each session.

Her work began during a master’s internship where her perspective as a survivor and a clinician shaped her commitment to helping others. Over two decades she has helped people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. She also addresses addiction, bipolar concerns, and intimacy-related issues.

Shawna uses a mix of evidence-informed approaches to fit each person. She listens first, then collaborates with clients to shape a plan that reflects their goals. Her style is direct but warm, and she treats people as the experts on their own lives.

Her background also includes work with parenting and family concerns, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and pain, codependency, attachment issues, and body image. She takes an individualized approach for complex or overlapping challenges.

People who choose Shawna can expect straightforward conversation, practical tools, and steady support as they work through change. She encourages active participation so progress happens between sessions as well as during them.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help when life changes, grief, or ongoing worry make it hard to move forward.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. It often includes practical exercises and skills to use between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current connections. This approach is useful for intimacy issues, codependency, and attachment concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shawna will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest methods that match what you need. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied schedules. Video is good for in-depth conversation and practice work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can support brief check-ins or ongoing accountability. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to use therapy tools between meetings.