- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Shannan
Shannan OConnor is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who works with people facing stress, anxiety, and parenting concerns. She focuses on everyday struggles like relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, grief, and career stress. Her tone is supportive and straightforward for parents who need practical help.
Shannan believes clients are experts in their own lives and builds on their strengths. She listens first, then helps people identify small, workable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm and make goals feel more manageable. Her experience includes addressing trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to identity, including LGBT concerns. She also helps with feelings of guilt, shame, isolation, panic attacks, and social anxiety.
The work often covers both personal coping and stresses that come with caregiving and family roles. Shannan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, simple language. Parents can expect practical strategies they can try between meetings.
The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. People meet with her by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can fit busy family schedules. Shannan accepts international clients and works with people at different life stages who want to make steady changes and feel more confident in daily life.
What Shannan works with
Everything Shannan lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shannan helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches and online care that fit family life
Shannan draws on straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress and improve relationships. One approach focuses on building practical coping skills that reduce anxiety and make daily challenges easier to handle; these techniques teach breathing, grounding, and step-by-step behavior changes to lower panic and worry. Another approach centers on improving communication and connection in close relationships, teaching ways to express needs, set boundaries, and resolve recurring conflicts without blame.Finding the right method is a team effort. Shannan works collaboratively to match strategies to each person's goals, values, and daily demands. She checks in about what is helping and adjusts plans as needed so the work fits family routines and real life.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow deeper face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into parenting schedules, work breaks, or when travel is difficult.
Questions people ask about Shannan
What concerns does Shannan commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting questions, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and work-related stress among other issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is strengths-based and practical. She listens first, then suggests small changes and strategies clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional work experience as a clinician in California.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on the therapist's availability.
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