Shannon Gaiser, LPC

Shannon Gaiser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who combines personal experience and clinical training to support people navigating addiction, mental health concerns, and major life changes. She has practiced since 2004 and brings 17 years of experience working with individuals facing issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family challenges, and addictions. Her background includes extensive work with co-occurring disorders and a focus on alternatives to traditional recovery pathways.

Shannon speaks from both professional and personal perspective - she is in recovery from opiate addiction and understands the particular needs of clients pursuing nontraditional or supplemental recovery options. She is open to medication assisted treatment and medical marijuana as part of individualized care plans, and she emphasizes that each person’s path to recovery is unique. Her clinical approach centers on client-centered therapy, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques that help clients build practical skills and make meaningful changes.

Her experience includes nine years in inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings and eight years in private practice supporting patients of a suboxone-prescribing doctor. She also works with family recovery to promote healthy boundaries and address family-of-origin concerns. Shannon offers flexible remote options - video, phone, and text-based sessions - typically responding to messages within about five hours, with potentially longer response times on weekends. She is based in Pennsylvania and accepts international clients interested in online therapy.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Recovery and Care

Shannon uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, addictions, and many day-to-day challenges. She also employs client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and the client’s own goals to build self-awareness and personal insight - this approach is helpful for relationship issues, family concerns, and self-esteem work. Motivational interviewing is another key method in her practice - it focuses on strengthening a person’s motivation to change and is especially useful for addictions, ambivalence about recovery options, and decisions about treatment choices.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the collaborative process. Shannon works together with each client to assess needs, preferences, and goals, adapting techniques over time so the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy with Shannon offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate schedules, mobility, and geographic differences. These remote options make regular care more accessible and allow clients to continue work on recovery and mental health from locations that suit their lives.