Shannon Madden, LPC

Shannon Madden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 26 years in behavioral health. She trained in counseling and organizational management and has worked in crisis settings, hospitals, and military-related mental health roles. She brings practical tools and a direct style to sessions.

Shannon leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify thoughts that drive upsetting feelings and unhelpful actions. She uses worksheets early on to map beliefs and patterns. She also explains basic neurobiology so clients see how small changes in behavior and thought can speed up progress.

Her background includes crisis counseling in emergency medical settings and work with first responder and military populations on PTSD and post-deployment concerns. She has experience directing psychological health programs and intake/assessment at behavioral health facilities. Those roles shaped a steady, focused approach to practical problems.

Sessions often include teaching skills for stress, anxiety, sleep disruption, grief, low self-esteem, and life transitions such as career shifts and caregiving stress. She also addresses anger, bipolar management, compassion fatigue, and trauma and abuse. The goal is to make strategies useful in daily life.

Shannon works in Arizona and conducts sessions in English. She follows continuing education standards for her license and keeps up with approaches that complement CBT, such as client-centered methods, mindfulness, emotionally-focused work, and motivational interviewing. To begin, choose Start Therapy and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule based on availability.

How her approaches guide online work

Shannon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change thoughts that lead to upsetting feelings and actions; CBT often includes simple exercises and worksheets that translate well to talk sessions. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and helping each person set their own goals and pace. A mindfulness approach is used to teach attention and breathing practices that can reduce stress and improve sleep.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Shannon will talk with a person about what matters most and match methods to their goals and preferences. That means occasional shifts in style as progress is reviewed and new needs appear.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let clients work on skills like thought records and mindfulness between sessions, so therapy becomes part of daily life rather than something separate.