About Shannon
Shannon Gutwein is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people through hard times. She practices in Wyoming and focuses on real-world problems like anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship struggles. Her manner is warm and straightforward, aimed at making therapy feel doable and relevant to daily life.
Shannon listens first and helps clients identify what matters most to them. She uses practical strategies to manage stress, anger, mood swings, and overwhelm.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with life transitions, grief, intimacy concerns, or workplace and caregiver stress. Her sessions blend talk therapy with skills-based work. Techniques include cognitive strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and mindfulness exercises to ease reactivity.
She also draws on motivational interviewing to support change and on dialectical skills for emotional regulation when feelings run high. Clients can expect clear goals and small, manageable steps between sessions. Shannon pays attention to family of origin patterns, codependency, and communication problems that often shape relationship difficulties.
She also addresses issues related to substance use and co-occurring conditions in ways that fit each person's life. Shannon supports people dealing with first responder stress, caregiver burden, aging concerns, and abandonment wounds. Her approach is flexible - she adapts methods to each person's needs and pace.
The focus is on helping people gain traction, feel steadier, and move toward the life they want.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Shannon commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person's concerns, reflects what they say, and helps them feel heard as they set goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel intense. DBT-informed work teaches concrete techniques for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be useful for mood swings, anger, and relationship strain. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together; Shannon will help clients choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily demands in a collaborative way.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and body language cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Wyoming
- Languages
- English
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