Dr. Shano Palovich Rodgers, LMFT

Dr. Shano Palovich Rodgers approaches therapy with a strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, believing that openness and vulnerability are essential to meaningful change. She creates a non-judgmental atmosphere where people can express difficult feelings and explore their goals at a comfortable pace. Working collaboratively, she helps clients identify their strengths and crafts a path toward greater insight, motivation, and healing.

She brings extensive experience in child welfare, including foster and adoptive care, and has worked in private practice supporting people with depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, secondary trauma, parenting challenges, and workplace stress. Her practice also addresses grief, relationship and family concerns, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes, along with specialized focuses such as adoption and foster care, first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and workplace difficulties.

Rodgers holds the credential LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and has academic training that includes a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Psychology, described in plain terms as graduate study in clinical practice and advanced study in organizational behavior. She uses a range of therapeutic methods - including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic and Client-Centered techniques, and Trauma-Focused work - selecting interventions to fit each person’s needs. She is also a certified trainer in the Nurtured Heart Approach for parenting intense children and youth and is a certified life coach. She looks forward to partnering with people as they navigate change and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Remote Care

Dr. Shano Palovich Rodgers employs evidence-informed approaches to address a range of concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and developing practical strategies to shift those patterns - it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related issues. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on processing and understanding the impact of traumatic experiences, supporting safety, emotional regulation, and gradual integration of difficult memories for those affected by abuse or trauma. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of conversation that strengthens a person’s own motivation to change and can be useful for addressing ambivalence around decisions or behavior change.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself. Dr. Rodgers works collaboratively with each person to explore which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists partner with clients to find a balanced path forward.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to arrange appointments around work, family, and caregiving responsibilities, and support continuity of care when attending in-person sessions is difficult. Remote sessions aim to maintain therapeutic depth while increasing accessibility and convenience.