Shawn King, LPC, LCMHC

Shawn King is a licensed mental health counselor with nine years of professional experience working with adolescents and adults. She holds the credentials LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) and maintains licensure in both New Hampshire and South Carolina. Her clinical focus includes helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, and parenting concerns, while also addressing related challenges such as attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication and control struggles, and mood disorders.

She approaches therapy from a trauma-informed perspective and integrates somatosensory and Polyvagal-informed interventions designed to support nervous system regulation and improve clients' capacity for engagement and connection. Her practice blends evidence-based methods with compassionate, person-centered care, tailoring collaborative dialogue and individualized treatment plans to meet each client's specific needs and goals. Shawn emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and empathy, and she works from the belief that individuals have the capacity within themselves to heal and grow.

Shawn aims to empower clients through practical strategies and therapeutic skills while providing support during difficult transitions such as divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, or recovery from trauma. Her approach seeks to help clients build resilience, improve relationships, and move toward a more fulfilling life with greater self-compassion and clarity.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports clients in clarifying personal values and taking actions aligned with those values while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and emotions. This approach is often useful for stress, anxiety, and challenges with motivation or life purpose.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through practical skills and structured exercises. CBT can help with anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and patterns of avoidance or unhelpful thinking.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, empathetic relationship in which the therapist creates a supportive space for clients to explore experiences and build self-understanding. This approach can be beneficial for attachment issues, self-compassion, and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Shawn King works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals adapt techniques over time so that therapy remains responsive to progress and changing priorities.

Online therapy with Shawn King is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These formats allow therapists to deliver consistent care while accommodating the practical demands of daily life and making it easier for clients to engage in ongoing treatment.