Shannon Wise, LPC

Shannon Wise is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults and teens who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, sleep problems, anger, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Shannon also sees people dealing with mood disorders and related challenges such as bipolar symptoms and seasonal mood shifts.

Her background includes roughly five years as a therapist in acute inpatient settings, working with people stabilizing after a crisis. She spent about four years in a correctional facility providing stress management, safety assessments, and treatment-team support. More recently she has worked in private practice with adults, teens, and couples.

Shannon uses practical approaches to help people manage strong emotions and conflict. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping, grounding, and distress tolerance skills. Motivational Interviewing is part of how she helps clients set and commit to goals.

Sessions focus on clear goals, step-by-step skill building, and checking progress over time. She describes working together on emotional regulation, communication problems, impulsivity, and relationship repair. Her stated aim is to provide concrete tools people can use between sessions.

People who pick Shannon often want straightforward guidance on handling anger, improving sleep, or reducing day-to-day anxiety. She asks clients to set goals, practices skills in session, and monitors small changes toward better functioning.

How CBT, DBT, and Motivational Interviewing inform online work