- Years in practice
- 28
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Delaware
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Shayna
Shayna Schaefer, LCSW, draws on 28 years of clinical experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting challenges. She uses straightforward, person-centered work to help people build self-worth and improve how they relate to others. Her manner is calm and practical, aimed at parents who need clear tools and emotional support.
Shayna combines acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, make values-based choices, and practice small changes that add up.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on communication skills, coping strategies, and building routines that reduce overwhelm. Her background includes long-term clinical practice in Delaware and work with adults facing life transitions, career stress, and relationship strain. She speaks English and Spanish, which can help bilingual clients express themselves more naturally.
Her LCSW credential is listed as DE LCSW. Parents who are managing behavior, boundaries, or blended family stress can expect practical suggestions and step-by-step problem solving. Shayna works at a steady pace and helps people break problems into manageable steps.
She also addresses deeper issues like trauma, attachment, and experiences of abandonment when those are relevant to a person's parenting or day-to-day life. Therapy includes talk, skill practice, and mindfulness exercises adapted to each person's needs. Sessions emphasize realistic goals and small measurable changes.
People ready to begin are invited to start by completing the site's matching steps and scheduling a session.
What Shayna works with
Everything Shayna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shayna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shayna lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that fit into busy lives and online care
Shayna often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps even when emotions are hard. ACT is useful for stress, anxiety, parenting strain, and life transitions because it emphasizes action over getting stuck in doubt.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-focused, which helps when someone needs tools for worry, mood changes, or managing emotional reactions. Client-Centered Therapy is another influence; it emphasizes listening, empathy, and building trust so clients feel heard while they try new approaches.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Then they tailor methods together and adjust as needed over time so the work feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face; phone calls require less bandwidth; chat or messaging can fit into busy schedules or shorter check-ins. These options make it easier for people juggling parenting and work obligations to fit therapy into their week.
Questions people ask about Shayna
What concerns does Shayna commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, parenting issues, eating concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She blends practical skill work with mindfulness and values-based exercises.
How much experience does she have?
Shayna has 28 years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions, career stress, relationship concerns, and parenting challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential listed as DE LCSW and practices in Delaware.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What formats are available for online sessions?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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