- Trauma informed
- Skill focused
- Goal oriented
About Shawna
Shawna Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of experience helping people recover after traumatic and difficult life events. She became a counselor after using her own experience to guide others toward resilience. Shawna aims to help people move from surviving to thriving and focuses on practical change in day-to-day life.
She draws on a mix of approaches to tailor care to each person. Sessions focus on building skills for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. Shawna also supports people facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, addiction challenges, and the ongoing demands of caregiving and chronic illness.
Her work emphasizes listening first and treating clients as experts on their own lives. She collaborates with each person to set goals and try manageable steps toward them. That can include learning coping tools, shifting unhelpful thoughts, or practicing new ways to connect with others.
Shawna has experience helping people process losses and large-scale disruptions, including coping with natural or human-caused disaster. She blends evidence-informed techniques in ways that fit the person sitting in the room. Her aim is to help people regain daily functioning and a clearer sense of purpose.
She practices in Colorado and conducts sessions in English. People who want to begin can expect straightforward conversation about goals, concrete strategy work, and steady support through change.
How Shawna's approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and adapting after loss. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and helps people build safer ways of relating to others when attachment patterns cause pain.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shawna will discuss these methods and decide together which fits a person's goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaborative process means trying ideas, adjusting as needed, and choosing tools that feel useful in daily life.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins from a quieter space. It can also let people use shorter sessions or daytime slots that better match work and caregiving demands. Talk with Shawna about timing and format so sessions match everyday routines and goals.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
23+ years
Credentials
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Shawna help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, self esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes including disasters.
What is her approach in sessions?
Shawna uses a mix of approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based, Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to fit each persons needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 23 years of clinical experience to her work and has developed an eclectic style over that time.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps should I take to begin therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.