- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Shunta
Shunta Long is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed. She focuses on stress, anxiety, motivation, and low self-esteem, and she helps people handle big life changes. Her style is straightforward and encouraging, aimed at helping clients move forward one step at a time.
With five years of clinical experience, Shunta draws on proven, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address depression, relationship concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She listens for each person's strengths and builds on what is already working in their life. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and small, manageable steps between meetings. Shunta emphasizes the client's role as the expert in their own story.
She helps people notice patterns, set realistic goals, and try new ways of coping. Parents who are juggling responsibilities and identity concerns can find tools to reduce strain and increase confidence. Her approach is practical rather than theoretical.
Conversations include skill building, problem solving, and practicing new habits that fit a client's daily life. Progress is measured in useful changes that people can see and feel. Starting therapy with Shunta is framed as a collaborative process.
She encourages honest conversation about goals and adjusts pace based on each person's needs and comfort level, making room for steady progress over time.
What Shunta works with
Everything Shunta lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shunta helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Shunta uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and clear goals. One common approach she uses helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more helpful thoughts, which can reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach emphasizes building small behavioral steps and routines to boost motivation and confidence, useful for depression, parenting strain, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options and tailor the plan based on a client's needs, goals, and preferences so therapy fits how they want to live and change. The process is collaborative and adjusts over time as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for a face-to-face feel, phone works well when bandwidth is an issue, live chat is helpful for brief problem-solving, and messaging suits ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, childcare, and busy schedules while keeping focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Shunta
What concerns does Shunta commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, motivation, self-esteem, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, compassion fatigue, career stress, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, emphasizing clear goals, skill building, and small steps clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional work experience helping people with emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does billing or cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session according to therapist availability.
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