Therapist profile
Shannon Bode, LMFT
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationships and Stress
Continue with ShannonWhere Shannon stands
- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 77737
- NPI
- 1073703179
- Experience
- 19 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Codependency support
- Attachment focus
- Mindfulness practice
About Shannon
Shannon Bode is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 19 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family issues, grief, and self-esteem. Her practice also addresses codependency, attachment and abandonment worries, caregiver stress, and feelings of emptiness.
Shannon takes a relational approach and blends several therapies rather than using a single method. Sessions are trauma-informed and attentive to identity and cultural context. She helps people understand how past relationships shape current patterns and offers ways to stop repeating those patterns.
In therapy she listens for recurring themes in a person's life story. That helps uncover unhelpful beliefs and behaviors. She uses narrative ideas to rewrite harmful self-stories and psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that started early in life.
Mindfulness practices are used to bring attention into the present moment and reduce reactivity. Trauma-focused methods are applied when past hurts keep showing up as emotional or physical symptoms. The overall aim is increased self-knowledge and steadier ways of relating to others.
Shannon works with people who struggle to set boundaries, people-please, or who feel defined by someone else’s moods or needs. Practical skills, clearer personal limits, and gentler self-talk are common targets in sessions. To begin, clients follow the site’s intake steps to match and schedule an initial appointment.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work
Client-centered therapy centers the person’s experience and helps the therapist follow what matters most to the client. This approach supports people who struggle to assert needs or who feel unseen in relationships by prioritizing their perspective and voice.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. It can help with anxiety, stress, and the urge to automatically please others when emotions spike.
Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships. It helps separate a person from painful labels and opens space to create different, more helpful stories about identity and choices.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That decision is revisited over time as needs change.
The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals often tailor the rhythm and tools of sessions to match everyday life and commitments.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
19+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, and self-esteem difficulties. Additional focus areas include codependency, attachment and abandonment worries, caregiver stress, and body image concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a relational and eclectic approach that draws on client-centered, mindfulness, narrative, psychodynamic, and trauma-focused ideas. The style emphasizes understanding patterns in relationships and practical ways to change them.
How long has she been practicing?
Shannon has 19 years of experience as a clinician. That experience informs how she notices repeating themes and guides longer-term work.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, practicing in California.
Can I see a therapist in another country or language?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and services. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first appointment?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.