Shannon Gaiser, LPC - Therapist in Pennsylvania

About Shannon

Shannon Gaiser is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She guides people through addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Shannon aims to offer practical tools and steady support rather than relying only on one recovery path.

Her background includes both clinical and outpatient settings and work alongside medication-assisted treatment providers. Shannon uses clear, straightforward methods in sessions. She listens first and helps clients set small, doable steps.

Background and approach

Motivational Interviewing is part of her toolkit to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced ones. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people notice thoughts and values without getting stuck in them.

These approaches are useful for stress, cravings, depression, and relationship strain. Sessions often include practical exercises and homework to apply new skills between meetings. Shannon has worked in inpatient and outpatient rehab settings and in independent practice alongside medication-assisted treatment providers.

That experience informs her knowledge of addiction, co-occurring disorders, trauma, and family dynamics. She supports clients dealing with grief, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, and workplace stress. In online sessions Shannon offers video, phone, chat, and text formats.

She aims to respond to messages promptly and to collaborate on a plan that fits each person’s life and goals.

Online approaches for recovery and family stress

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for stress, cravings, and finding motivation during recovery. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person’s own reasons for change and is used to build commitment when facing addiction or big life shifts.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to each person’s goals and needs. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed program.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video and phone sessions allow live, face-to-face conversations when that fits better. Live chat and text sessions can support short check-ins, encouragement, and ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit help into a busy schedule and keep consistent contact during recovery and family transitions.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.

How would she describe her therapy style?

Sessions are straightforward and practical. She listens first, helps set small goals, and uses exercises you can practice between sessions.

What is her professional background?

She has 17 years of clinical experience, including work in inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation and independent practice alongside medication-assisted treatment providers.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is an LPC with the license number PA LPC PC004686 and practices from Pennsylvania.

In which languages can sessions be held and are international clients supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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

What are the steps to begin working together?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Relationship issues

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Pennsylvania
Languages: English

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