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LCMHC

Shannon Pena, LCMHC

  • Experience8 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Career
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy
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About Shannon

Shannon Pena offers supportive, person-focused care for people navigating stress, anxiety, career transitions, ADHD-related concerns, and other life challenges. She centers on the needs of each client, helping to set practical goals and offering tools for coping with change, workplace issues, parenting pressures, and self-esteem struggles.

Background and approach

Her background includes extensive work with young adults and people on the autism spectrum, and she brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice in North Carolina. Shannon uses a client-centered, integrative stance that emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and tailoring interventions to each person’s situation.

She often incorporates goal-setting and occasional between-session work to reinforce progress. Licensed in North Carolina as an LCMHC, she draws on hands-on experience addressing adjustment and developmental concerns, vocational and employment matters, behavioral and emotional issues, and compassion fatigue.

Her style is practical and respectful, focused on helping clients discover strategies that fit their lives and priorities.

Client-Centered Care Online: Personalized Support and Flexibility

Shannon employs a client-centered approach that focuses on listening carefully and responding to each person's priorities; this style helps when addressing anxiety, self-esteem, career decisions, and challenges related to ADHD or life transitions. In practice she seeks to create a collaborative environment where the client's perspective guides goals and the pace of work.

She also uses an integrative perspective, drawing on different techniques when they fit the client's situation so interventions remain practical and goal-oriented. This adaptability can be useful for vocational concerns, behavioral issues, and adjustment to new life roles. Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and she works with clients to identify the best fit based on their needs, goals, and preferences in an ongoing, collaborative way.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options that accommodate work schedules, transportation limits, and varying comfort levels with in-person care. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity and access support from licensed professionals while tailoring interactions to what works best for each client.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shannon commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, career and workplace issues, parenting and family concerns, ADHD, relationship challenges, anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and related adjustment problems.
What is Shannon's therapeutic style like?
Her practice is primarily client-centered and integrative, emphasizing empathy, collaboration, and tailoring strategies to each person's needs while setting concrete goals to work toward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working with adolescents, children, and adults, with primary experience supporting young adults and people with autism spectrum presentations.
Where is Shannon licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in North Carolina with the credential LCMHC and practices with that state licensure in mind.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
Shannon provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for remote therapy.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Autism and Asperger SyndromeFamily problemsIntellectual disabilityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English

What Shannon can help with

Shannon Pena works with clients on stress and anxiety, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and ADHD.

Shannon works with adolescents, children, and adults with disability.

Shannon works with young adults.

How Shannon approaches therapy

Shannon's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy.

Experience and training

Shannon is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor practicing in North Carolina, with 8 years of clinical experience.