Shannon Crandall, LCSW - Therapist in Missouri

About Shannon

Shannon Crandall is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and listens first, aiming to make things feel more manageable for overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on real-life steps you can try between meetings.

Shannon uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She adapts that approach to everyday family challenges like communication problems, grief, postpartum changes, and caregiver stress.

Background and approach

Her work also covers addiction, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and mood concerns such as seasonal affective disorder. With seven years as a licensed clinician, Shannon brings clinical training to community and practice settings. Her LCSW credential, MO LCSW 2016013948, reflects that background.

She draws on that experience when helping clients sort priorities and build coping skills. Many of her focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, first responder challenges, isolation and loneliness, and issues common to young adults and women. She also supports people facing life purpose questions, career stress, and compassion fatigue.

Shannon practices in Missouri and offers services in English. If practical, step-by-step work and clear homework feel helpful, her style will likely match what a busy parent or caregiver needs.

How cognitive approaches and online care fit together

Shannon uses cognitive behavioral therapy, a hands-on method that helps people identify thoughts that get in the way and replace them with actions that lead to better outcomes. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress management, and many everyday parenting challenges.

She focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes you can try between sessions. That makes progress measurable and easier to notice in daily life. Shannon will work with each person to decide whether CBT techniques or another approach best match their needs and goals, and she does this collaboratively during early sessions.

Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, handle sudden caregiving obligations, and continue work while traveling or between commitments. The variety of formats also allows people to pick the way of communicating that feels most comfortable as they practice skills and track progress.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shannon address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and several mood and life-transition issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Shannon uses practical, skills-based work grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy. Sessions focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building routines that support daily functioning.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker working in clinical settings.

What are her credentials and location?

She is an LCSW with license number MO LCSW 2016013948 and practices in Missouri.

Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How are costs and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Depression

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience: 7 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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