Shonmeka Antwi , LPC

Shonmeka Antwi is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control. Her style aims to be warm and direct so clients can talk through immediate problems and set clear goals.

Shonmeka uses tools from several counseling approaches to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. She often combines client-centered listening with concrete strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. This mix is intended to help people change unhelpful thoughts, handle strong emotions, and improve daily routines.

Sessions are geared toward everyday struggles like balancing work and family, navigating separation and divorce, dealing with workplace stress, and managing relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports people working through grief, forgiveness, guilt, life purpose questions, and issues common in midlife. Women’s issues and parenting concerns are part of her focus areas.

Her background includes nine years in counseling practice as an LPC in Georgia. That experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person's needs. She invites clients to set achievable goals and to practice new skills between sessions.

Shonmeka describes therapy as a collaborative process of growth. She helps people identify strengths, try different ways of coping, and take gradual steps toward the life they want.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. A therapist follows your lead, helps you clarify goals, and creates space to talk through what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers practical exercises to change them. CBT can help with anxiety, low mood, and stress by teaching new ways to think and act.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to figure out which methods fit their needs and goals. That might mean combining listening-focused sessions with skills practice from CBT or DBT. The plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care across life's changes.