Therapist profile
Shannon Julianne Toy, LCSW-C, LCSW
Michigan
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Relationships and Mood
Continue with ShannonWhere Shannon stands
- Credentials
- LCSW-C, LCSW
- License
- LCSW, Virginia / 0904012947; LCSW-C, Maryland / 27505; LMSW, Michigan / 6801109025
- NPI
- 1538631528
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Michigan
About
- Anxiety and depression
- Codependency and boundaries
- Mindfulness and ACT
About Shannon
Shannon Julianne Toy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C) in Maryland and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with credentials that include a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan. She has seven years of experience in behavioral health and has worked across multiple settings. Shannon focuses on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, eating and body image challenges, codependency, and ADHD.
She prefers to go by Julianne and brings direct, practical work to sessions. Julianne uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and client-centered methods to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Sessions often include mindfulness skills, values clarification, and structured steps to practice between meetings.
Julianne has experience with crisis intervention, case management, individual and group counseling, and work in community settings. That background shapes a steady, organized way of working with complicated problems like co-occurring issues, dissociation, domestic violence histories, and abandonment or attachment concerns.
In the room she leans toward solution-focused and strengths-based work. She aims to involve each person in decisions about their care and to advocate alongside them when needed. Practical tools, clear goals, and short experiments in daily life are part of her routine.
People who keep putting others first, struggle to set boundaries, or feel stuck in relationship patterns may find her approach useful. Sessions happen in English and she is based in Michigan. Before booking, confirm current session formats and scheduling details.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. It can help with anxiety, low mood, and patterns like people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and uses practical exercises and experiments to change unhelpful patterns. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and many day-to-day coping problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, reflection, and working at the client’s pace to build direction and confidence in making changes.Finding which approach fits is part of the work. The therapist will help figure out which methods to try based on the client’s goals, preferences, and what shows up in sessions. That decision is collaborative and can shift over time as small experiments clarify what helps.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking because formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, fewer commute hours, or sessions that focus on skills practice between meetings. Therapists use the approaches above in remote sessions much like in person, with homework, mindfulness exercises, and values-based planning adapted to whatever session format is arranged.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Virginia, Maryland, Michigan
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar issues, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating and body image challenges, codependency, ADHD, and related problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and solution-focused, using strengths-based work and practical steps to change patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience in behavioral health, including crisis work, case management, individual and group counseling.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCSW-C in Maryland, LCSW in Virginia, and LMSW in Michigan, and is based in Michigan for practice listings here.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are provided?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription 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 your 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.