Shannon Gollner, LCSW

Shannon Gollner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Alaska and Kentucky with 19 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, address anger and motivation, and build self esteem and confidence. Shannon frames her work around the understanding that each person is the expert of their own story and brings strengths that can be mobilized to meet difficult challenges.

She recognizes that seeking change takes courage, and she aims to offer steady support and practical guidance as clients take the first steps toward a more fulfilling and happier life. Shannon works collaboratively to identify goals, develop coping strategies, and strengthen resilience, helping clients move forward at a pace that fits their needs and values. Her approach emphasizes empowerment and partnership throughout the therapeutic process.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care

Shannon uses evidence-based techniques tailored to the needs at hand. She applies cognitive and behavioral strategies to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns. She also offers grief-focused work that supports processing loss and restoring daily functioning through structured support and personalized pacing. When relationship and family dynamics are central, Shannon draws on family-focused interventions to address blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and other relational concerns, helping clients improve communication and boundary setting.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Shannon collaborates with each client to determine what fits best based on goals, preferences, and life context. Together they explore which techniques feel most useful and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to access consistent care around work, family, and other obligations. These formats offer flexibility to schedule sessions from home or on the go and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible, while still enabling meaningful therapist-client collaboration.