Shanel Manning

Shanel Manning is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people work toward clearer goals and a more positive view of themselves. She draws on a decade of experience and keeps the client’s aims at the center of each session. Her style is warm and direct, and she focuses on practical steps people can use outside sessions.

Shanel has a background working with both children and adults, and she has experience with behavior disorders, self-esteem issues, depression, trauma, and parenting concerns. She also supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, relationship struggles, and life transitions. Her training and experience inform a flexible approach that matches techniques to each person’s needs.

In sessions she encourages people to face fears and work toward achievable milestones. Conversations focus on skills and small changes that add up over time. She aims to build an open, honest relationship so clients can try new ways of coping and measure progress.

Shanel uses methods such as acceptance and commitment approaches, cognitive behavioral work, trauma-focused strategies, and client-centered care. She helps people identify values, shift unhelpful thinking, and practice different behaviors between sessions. The pace is collaborative and goal-directed based on what the client wants to accomplish.

Shanel practices in Florida and holds the LMHC credential. She offers support for a wide range of concerns including family and parenting stress, mood disorders, panic, postpartum challenges, and issues related to attachment, forgiveness, and life purpose. Working together, she helps clients build tools to manage daily challenges and move toward their goals.

How these approaches translate to online care

Shanel uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify what matters most and take small actions toward those values. This approach often helps with anxiety, anger, and decisions about life direction.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors. CBT-style exercises can reduce panic, low mood, and recurring negative thinking by teaching concrete coping skills.

The therapist pairs these methods with a client-centered stance - listening closely and working at a pace that fits the person. Together they decide which approaches to try based on needs, goals, and what feels most useful. That collaborative process helps shape session focus and homework between meetings.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time so people can use a break at work or at home. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT exercises to an online setting, using worksheets, values exercises, and practice plans to keep progress moving.