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Online therapist

Shantel Farrow

Practical therapy for everyday family and life challenges

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Credentials
LMFT
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Shantel

Shantel Farrow is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She works with clients on everyday pressures like sleep and eating problems, career strain, and parenting questions. Her style is straightforward and respectful so people can talk through what feels hardest right now.

In sessions she blends practical tools with close listening. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.

Background and approach

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her offering for people processing past trauma. Shantel aims for a down-to-earth pace.

She helps clients set small, achievable goals and practice skills between meetings. She also supports people facing grief, addiction-related struggles, ADHD symptoms, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes eight years of clinical experience and a license as a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, in Oklahoma (OK LMFT LMFT01281).

She offers a respectful space for exploring identity, intimacy issues, and life transitions. Shantel accepts English-speaking clients and can work with people located in or outside the United States. She provides sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people notice and change repeating cycles in their close relationships. It can be useful when trust, closeness, or communication feel stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and build new habits. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process disturbing memories and reduce their emotional intensity when ready.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and the specific problem they want to address. This may mean trying different tools over several sessions and adjusting the plan based on what helps most.

Online sessions make these approaches accessible from home through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility helps people fit therapy into busy lives and continue work between sessions using chat or messaging for brief check-ins. Licensed professionals can guide clients through practical exercises, trauma processing, and relationship work using these remote options, while tailoring pace and format to each person’s needs.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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 this therapist address?
She helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, parenting, ADHD, grief, self esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and career challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and practical, combining close listening with skills-based work like cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma processing through EMDR when appropriate.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges and focuses on helping people build practical routines and coping strategies.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in Oklahoma with the license number OK LMFT LMFT01281.
In which language does she provide therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different communication preferences.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary by 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, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Oklahoma
Languages
English

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