About Shantell
Shantell Whitaker is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and abuse. She speaks plainly and aims to make starting therapy less intimidating for someone juggling a busy life. She meets each person where they are and adapts conversations to fit specific needs.
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings, and on building clearer ways to handle hard moments.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative so goals evolve as progress is made. With three years of professional experience, Shantell has supported people through major life changes and the fallout from disasters. She also offers help with workplace challenges, issues related to military service, and multicultural concerns.
These topics are part of how she shapes the work together with each client. Her style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She listens closely and aims to create a calm space for people to talk through painful memories or current pressures.
She explains options and tailors an approach that fits each person's pace. To begin, Shantell encourages a simple first step: share what brought you here and what you hope to change. From that starting point she helps people set realistic next steps and track small gains over time.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Shantell uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear tools and steady progress. One common approach helps people identify patterns of thinking and behavior that increase anxiety or depression, then practices alternative responses to reduce distress. Another approach centers on processing traumatic memories and building skills to manage strong reactions, which can ease symptoms of post-traumatic stress and help with recovery.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss options, listen to your goals, and adjust methods as you go so the plan fits your needs and preferences. The decision about technique is collaborative and can change over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy with Shantell is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different days and schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people send short check-ins or share thoughts between sessions. These formats make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, or unpredictable schedules while keeping the focus on consistent progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English