About Shamona
Shamona McFadden is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and life changes. She also supports concerns around self-esteem, parenting challenges, intimacy, career stress, and experiences related to trauma and abuse. Shamona works in Florida and brings 14 years of experience to her practice.
Her style is straightforward and client-focused. Sessions aim to build practical skills and clearer thinking. She listens for values and goals, then helps people try small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Shamona uses a few evidence-based methods in ways that fit each person. She draws on client-centered work to center the person’s perspective. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Narrative and solution-focused tools help people rewrite difficult stories and set achievable goals. She pays attention to cultural background and life context when planning sessions. That means conversations about identity, parenting roles, work pressure, or community expectations are part of the work when relevant.
The aim is to align coping skills with what matters most to the person. In practical terms Shamona offers video, phone, chat, and text-based options. People can expect clear steps between sessions, homework when useful, and ongoing review of progress.
She emphasizes collaboration so therapy matches the client’s pace and priorities.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered work puts the person’s experience first. The therapist listens closely and helps people name their priorities and values, which is useful for issues like identity, self-love, and multicultural concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are made over time so the plan stays practical and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a client needs a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send short updates, try brief skills, or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English