Therapist profile
Shannon Gaiser, LPC
Pennsylvania
LPC - addiction and recovery focus
Continue with ShannonWhere Shannon stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Pennsylvania / PC004686
- NPI
- 1750626420
- Experience
- 17 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Pennsylvania
About
- Addiction support
- Codependency work
- Motivational approach
About Shannon
Shannon Gaiser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 17 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing addiction, co-occurring disorders, mood concerns, and relationship strain. Her practice addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and issues like codependency and family-of-origin problems.
Shannon describes a practical, straightforward approach to therapy. She uses client-centered work, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions are focused on concrete steps clients can try between meetings and on strengthening personal boundaries around relationships and substance use.
Her background includes work in both inpatient and outpatient addiction settings and several years supporting patients in a private practice associated with medication-assisted treatment. That experience informs her work with people navigating recovery and alternatives to 12-step programs. She also brings experience with grief, bipolar disorder, and parenting concerns.
In sessions she addresses communication problems, commitment and control concerns, abandonment feelings, and the shame or guilt that often follows addiction or family conflict. She talks with clients about setting limits, responding to others' crises without losing themselves, and making decisions that fit their values.
Shannon offers text, video, and voice session options as part of her practice. She aims to reply to messages within about five hours on weekdays, with longer response times possible on weekends. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to remote sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without letting those thoughts drive every choice. In practice this can mean clarifying what matters to a person and building small actions that match those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety or depressive habits. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational style that helps people find their own reasons to change, which is often useful for starting or staying in recovery.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. She will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide whether to emphasize values-based ACT work, skills-focused CBT, or a motivational stance to support change.
The original biography lists text, video, and voice sessions as offered; please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow for a shorter check-in when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists can adapt exercises and homework to the online setting so progress continues between meetings.
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Experience
17+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with addiction and co-occurring disorders, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship and family issues including codependency.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered with motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral techniques focused on practical steps and stronger boundaries.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience, including time in inpatient and outpatient addiction settings and private practice work with medication-assisted treatment.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Pennsylvania.
Does she work with clients in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Her practice lists text, video, and voice session options; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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.