Shay Bankston
Practical, trauma-informed support for parents and individuals
- Credentials
- LISW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Shay
Shay Bankston is a licensed independent social worker with 20 years of clinical experience in Ohio. She focuses on practical, evidence-based help for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and parenting concerns. Shay aims to make sessions clear and straightforward so parents can find tools that fit day-to-day life.
She creates an affirming, person-centered space for people with diverse identities. That includes attention to LGBT issues, compassion fatigue, and challenges faced by first responders.
Background and approach
Shay also addresses control issues, hoarding, isolation, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions emphasize building coping skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes. Shay uses trauma-informed, evidence-based techniques tailored to each situation.
She helps clients practice new strategies and check what works between meetings. Shay offers multiple online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She works with international clients and conducts therapy in English.
Costs vary by location and depend on a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules a time based on therapist availability. Shay aims to collaborate on goals and create a plan that fits family life and parenting needs.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Shay uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skill building. One common approach she relies on teaches coping strategies for anxiety and panic, helping people learn breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging methods to reduce overwhelming symptoms. Another frequently used method is trauma-informed care, which helps people process past hurt at a pace that feels safe and rebuild day-to-day functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shay will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try techniques and adjust over time. The aim is to pick methods that make sense for family life and parenting routines, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and for people in different time zones. They also make it easier to fit short check-ins or longer sessions into a parenting day while still working toward steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Shay
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