Shannon Hartman

Shannon Hartman is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 15 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or who are dealing with grief and big life changes. Shannon emphasizes each person's strengths and views them as the expert on their own story. She aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful.

Shannon uses practical, down-to-earth methods to address problems like burnout, compassion fatigue, sleep struggles, and difficulties with intimacy or relationships. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to tackle unhelpful thought patterns and acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients move toward valued action. Attachment-based work is used to look at how early and close relationships shape current patterns.

Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes. Shannon listens for what matters most to the person in front of her and helps build skills to handle tough moments. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, impulses, isolation, and career-related concerns.

Her background includes work with clients coping with trauma, addiction, and illness-related issues like HIV and hospice care. Shannon offers a calm, steady approach for people who want to regain balance and find practical ways forward.

If you are ready to try therapy, she encourages taking the next step and will work with you to develop a plan that fits your life and goals.

Approaches that guide online work and decision making

Shannon often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on attachment-based therapy to look at relationship patterns and how early bonds influence current reactions and intimacy struggles. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, appears in her practice to help people accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shannon works together with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan as progress and life circumstances change.

Confirm current session options before booking, as specific online formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. Some people find video calls helpful for face-to-face contact, while others prefer phone conversations for a quicker session or when bandwidth is limited. Shannon aims to help clients match the practical setup to their day-to-day life and therapeutic goals.