Shania Wilkes

Shania Wilkes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 10 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and anger. Her work also covers relationship and family concerns, addictions, and coping with major life changes.

Shania brings a practical, person-centered style to sessions. She draws on her background in teaching psychology and her own life experience to keep conversations direct and grounded. Her approach is described as “carefrontational” - honest and straightforward, but also compassionate.

In sessions she blends several evidence-informed methods to match each person’s needs. She commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and Motivational Interviewing. The focus is on helping people name their struggles, try out new ways of responding, and build small habits that make daily life easier.

People who do best with her style want clear feedback and practical tools. She encourages clients to tap into their strengths and personal values while working through difficult emotions like shame, guilt, or loss. The goal is often increased self-acceptance and more effective ways to manage reactions.

Shania invites clients to be active partners in treatment. She aims to help people leave therapy with concrete skills for handling panic, mood swings, substance cravings, or recurring relationship conflict. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches fit into online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions that match their values; it can help when anxiety, depression, or anger get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them, which can reduce panic, low mood, and compulsive patterns. Mindfulness Therapy uses simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before choosing techniques. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as options are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when attention or bandwidth is limited. Many people appreciate being able to continue work on skills between sessions, and therapeutic approaches like CBT and ACT translate well to exercises you can try at home. Licensed professionals tailor sessions to fit schedules and practical needs without promising specific outcomes.