About Connor
Connor O'Shea is a licensed professional counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. He keeps explanations simple and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Connor speaks plainly and aims to make the first conversations feel manageable for a worried parent or someone feeling stuck.
He uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, drawing on acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioral tools, and trauma-focused methods.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative - Connor listens first, then suggests concrete skills and experiments to test between meetings. He emphasizes small, steady changes rather than sudden overhauls. Connor has five years of clinical experience and holds the LPC credential, licensed in Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri.
That background informs his approach to concerns such as attachment, communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. He adapts language so people understand what they can try right away. Work in sessions often includes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new ways to handle strong emotions, and building habits that support daily functioning.
For relationship concerns he focuses on communication and patterns that repeat across situations. For trauma-related distress he uses trauma-focused methods paired with grounding and coping strategies. Connor aims to support and empower people as they make changes.
He helps clients set clear goals, track progress, and find ways to keep going when motivation dips. The tone is respectful, down-to-earth, and focused on what will be useful next.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. Online ACT sessions often include exercises to clarify values and short behavioral experiments to try between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new ways of thinking. In remote sessions this can mean working through thought records, practicing coping skills on a video call, and reviewing homework in messages.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful, then try methods that fit those needs. That choice is collaborative and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skill coaching, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for short check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or family time and to keep momentum with regular contact.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Colorado, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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