Shanna Gonzalez, LCSW
New York · 10 years in practice
Shanna Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with ten years of practice experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 087061 · expires April 2027
- NPI
- 1265828933 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Shanna
Shanna Gonzalez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with ten years of practice experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and difficult life changes. Shanna works with clients who face relationship and intimacy challenges as well as those coping with trauma, grief, or substance concerns.
She uses a straightforward, respectful style in sessions. Conversations and goals are shaped to match each person's situation and pace.
Background and approach
Shanna aims to create a space where people can speak honestly about what matters to them and try new ways of responding. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and attachment-based ideas to look at how emotions and close relationships affect daily life. She also uses client-centered listening and practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address thoughts and behaviors.
These methods help when someone feels stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. Shanna often supports people dealing with identity questions, low self-esteem, codependency, and challenges tied to autism or avoidant personality traits. She also helps clients facing career stress, compassion fatigue, and struggles with impulse control.
Her work includes attention to grief, body image, eating concerns, and feelings of emptiness. Sessions are offered in English and are organized around each person’s goals. Shanna stresses collaboration - you set the priorities and she helps you try different strategies.
The aim is practical change that fits daily life and relationships.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shanna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shanna names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on recognizing and working with emotions in close relationships. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in how they respond emotionally and practice new ways of connecting or expressing needs.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and coping. Working through attachment issues online can help clients identify patterns and try gentle shifts in how they seek support and set boundaries.
Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathic listening and following the client's pace. This approach helps people feel heard and understood while deciding clear goals for change.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, preferences, and daily life. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers practical benefits: video calls let people read facial cues and build rapport, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide quick check-ins or shorter exchanges between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and try different formats to see what feels most effective.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Shanna address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, and related concerns such as low self-esteem and career stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with attachment-informed and client-centered approaches, adding cognitive behavioral techniques when helpful to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional practice experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relationship concerns.
Where is Shanna licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York and practices with that regional licensure.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets with clients via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary based on location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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