Shonta Harper, LPC, LCMHC - Therapist in Georgia

About Shonta

Shonta Harper is a licensed counselor who helps people facing relationship and life challenges. She brings calm guidance for issues like anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with intimacy or self-esteem. Her practice highlights career struggles, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Shonta holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) and LCMHC (Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor) credentials and practices in Georgia. Her style is straightforward and practical. She focuses on clear steps clients can use between sessions.

Background and approach

Conversations aim to uncover patterns that get in the way, then create small, doable changes. Sessions often include tools for managing emotions, coping with life changes, and improving communication. Shonta draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and a trauma-informed perspective.

She pays attention to how identity and life experience shape problems and choices. That helps her tailor approaches for issues like grief, gender dysphoria, or veteran-related concerns when relevant. She also works with stress tied to caregiving, aging, and family roles.

Shonta helps people cope with control issues, codependency, jealousy, and forgiveness work through pragmatic strategies and conversation. Her approach aims to strengthen coping skills and build self-compassion. Sessions are offered in English and Shonta is available to international clients.

With ten years of experience, she blends practical coaching with clinical care to help clients move forward at their own pace.

Therapeutic approaches and online access

Shonta uses evidence-based techniques tailored to the concern at hand. One common approach she uses focuses on practical skill building - teaching emotion regulation, communication strategies, and problem-solving steps that help with anxiety, anger, or stress. Another approach emphasizes trauma-informed care, which looks at how past experiences shape reactions and then introduces pacing and coping tools to reduce reactivity and support healing.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life to decide which techniques fit best. Plans are adjusted as progress unfolds so the client helps steer the work based on what feels most useful.

Online therapy here is offered through several formats to match different needs - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make scheduling easier for busy families, caregivers, or people who travel. The flexibility lets clients use the same therapist across different situations and continue work without interrupting daily routines.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shonta address?

She supports people with relationship and intimacy issues, family-related stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, ADHD, and career or life purpose concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is practical and trauma-informed. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful patterns and building simple tools clients can use day to day.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years of experience working with a range of issues including compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, social anxiety, and veteran-related concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials with registration details including GA LPC LPC010506 and UT LCMHC 14140528-6004, and practices in Georgia.

Which languages and client regions are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

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 schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues

Also works with

Experience: 10 years
Licensed: Georgia, Utah
Languages: English

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