Shannon Wise, LPC

Shannon Wise is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama with 12 years of experience in mental health care. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship challenges, address sleep disturbances, and work through anger and mood concerns. Her practice also covers depression, grief, family dynamics, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and related issues such as communication difficulties, impulsivity, life purpose, and young adult transitions.

Shannon has worked across a range of clinical settings, bringing broad experience to her practice. She spent about five years as a Therapist Acute supporting both voluntary and involuntary clients hospitalized during crises as they stabilized and prepared to reintegrate into everyday routines. She later served roughly four years as a Mental Health Professional in a correctional facility, contributing to treatment teams, assessing needs for medication referrals, and helping implement safety interventions for individuals with chronic symptoms. More recently she has worked in private practice for over a year, providing care to adults, teens, and couples in the community.

Shannon tailors conversations and treatment plans to each person, combining Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Reality Therapy techniques to improve emotional regulation, coping, and goal setting. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she works collaboratively to set goals, monitor progress, and support meaningful change toward a more fulfilling life.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal oriented, and it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress-related issues.

She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT techniques can support people who struggle with intense emotions, impulsivity, or relationship conflicts.

Motivational Interviewing is used to explore readiness for change and strengthen internal motivation, making it useful when clients face ambivalence about goals such as mood management, substance use decisions, or lifestyle changes. Shannon approaches treatment collaboratively, working with each person to determine which methods fit best given their needs, goals, and preferences. She encourages active participation in setting goals and reviewing progress so the chosen approach can be adjusted over time as needed.

Online therapy with Shannon is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for scheduling around work, school, and family commitments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and try different communication styles to find what feels most effective.