Shannan Katz

Shannan Katz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor practicing in Ohio. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, and the ongoing impact of grief or loss. She welcomes conversations about sexuality and offers a space for members of the LGBTQIA community to talk openly. Shannan aims to be a steady, listening presence while people sort through hard feelings and life changes.

Her style balances warmth with practical guidance. Sessions begin with chances to talk and be heard, and can include more structured feedback when clients want it. She works with people on communication skills, intimacy concerns, addictive behaviors, and self-esteem, and supports those navigating career changes or caregiving and aging issues.

Shannan uses a heart-centered approach that still offers tools and strategies. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot patterns, dialectical behavior ideas to manage intense emotions, and solution-focused techniques to set small, achievable goals. Motivational interviewing helps when clients are weighing change.

She has a post-graduate certificate in sex therapy and 11 years of practice experience. She is not a crisis counselor and does not provide crisis care for self-harm or suicidal behavior. For new clients, Shannan typically uses an initial video session and then most follow-ups by phone, though scheduling details should be confirmed when booking.

People who want a kind, nonjudgmental space and practical next steps may find her approach helpful. She aims to help clients turn insight into real change.

How her approaches translate to online care

Shannan uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a listening, nonjudgmental space where clients set the pace and shape the conversation. This approach helps when people need a steady ear to sort through feelings and decide next steps.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers practical exercises and small homework tasks to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy concepts are used too to teach skills for tolerating strong emotions and improving emotional regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each client about goals and preferences and together identify which methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.

Regarding online work, Shannan typically starts with an initial video session and follows up mostly by phone, but clients should confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time while still keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.