Shawna Theriot

Shawna Theriot is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Shawna speaks plainly and creates a calm space where people can talk through what matters most to them.

She draws on client-centered work to follow each person's pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps when negative thought patterns and behaviors need to change. Mindfulness practices and meditation offer tools to manage strong emotions in the moment.

Shawna has experience supporting people facing trauma, adoption and foster care histories, and transitions related to aging or illness. She also works with caregivers, people managing chronic pain or disability, and those dealing with loss or end-of-life concerns. Her background includes work with teens around bullying and self-esteem as well as adults navigating work-life balance.

In sessions she uses creative options such as art and music-assisted techniques alongside talk therapy. Motivational interviewing and narrative approaches help clients clarify goals and rewrite unhelpful stories they tell about themselves. Shawna aims to tailor methods to each person so therapy fits their life.

She practices in Texas and sessions are conducted in English. The therapist offers virtual sessions by video, phone, and text for people ages 9 and up and accepts most major insurance carriers. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How her approaches shape online sessions

Shawna uses client-centered work to follow each person's pace and priorities, which means sessions focus on what the client identifies as most important and the therapist adjusts to their needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, offering practical steps to break unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple meditation and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and help with stress and grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shawna will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick methods and try them out, adjusting as progress and needs change.

The biography indicates she offers virtual sessions by video, phone, and text for people ages 9 and up, so confirm those options when booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins by phone or text, and remove travel time for video meetings. These practical benefits can help people keep therapy consistent while working through grief, end-of-life concerns, or other life transitions.