Shanel Manning
Family-focused counselor for practical parenting support
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Shanel
Shanel Manning is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping parents and individuals facing family and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters most. Sessions are goal-oriented and practical, aimed at finding small changes that make daily life easier for parents and caregivers.
Manning uses straightforward tools to address stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also works with issues such as addictions, self-esteem, mood swings, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
The first sessions usually focus on what a person wants to change and a few realistic steps to try at home. Her style is client-centered and collaborative. That means she follows each person’s pace and priorities while offering techniques from evidence-based approaches.
She encourages clients to face worries and try new ways of coping between sessions. Manning trained at Nova Southeastern University and holds Florida LMHC credential FL LMHC MH16284. She brings about ten years of experience working with both children and adults in clinical settings.
That background influences her practical, hands-on way of working. Parents and caregivers can expect clear communication and simple strategies. Sessions aim to build confidence, improve family routines, and reduce overwhelm.
The focus is on useful tools that fit daily life, not jargon or long explanations.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions to move toward what matters, which can help with anxiety, parenting stress, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood-related concerns by breaking problems into manageable steps and homework between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try strategies and adjust as needed. This collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits each person’s life and pace.
Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. These options make it easier to fit therapy around parenting schedules, work, and caregiving duties. The variety also allows for short check-ins or longer sessions depending on what someone needs in the moment.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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