Shayna Strauch, LPCC

Shayna Strauch is a California-licensed clinician who holds the LPCC credential - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor. With four years of professional experience, she focuses on helping clients manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship challenges, address career difficulties, and cope with depression and life transitions. Her practice emphasizes practical strategies that support day-to-day functioning and emotional well-being.

Shayna has particular experience working with couples to repair trust, improve communication, and strengthen emotional intimacy. She combines attentive listening with goal-oriented work to help partners rebuild connection and resolve recurring conflicts. In individual work she supports clients through difficult changes and assists them in developing skills to manage strong emotions and improve relationships with others.

Shayna recognizes that beginning therapy requires courage and offers an encouraging, steady presence for people taking that first step. She aims to create a collaborative environment where clients set meaningful goals and build the tools they need to move forward.

Evidence-Based Support for Relationships and Life Changes Online

Shayna draws from evidence-based therapeutic methods that help clients build practical skills. One approach emphasizes cognitive and behavioral strategies - helping people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop healthier responses to stress and anxiety, useful for mood concerns and everyday challenges. Another focus is couples-centered work that targets communication, trust-building, and emotional intimacy - approaches designed to reduce conflict and increase connection between partners.

Finding the most helpful approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Shayna works collaboratively with each client to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they assess what is working, adjust techniques over time, and prioritize interventions that fit the client’s life and circumstances.

Online therapy with Shayna is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family, and caregiving responsibilities and to maintain continuity of care during life transitions. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver focused, goal-oriented work that supports progress from wherever the client is located.