Shannon Gutwein, LCSW

Shannon Gutwein is a licensed clinical social worker with 14 years of experience helping people in Wyoming through difficult life moments. She focuses on practical support for issues like depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, and major life transitions. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping clients find clear next steps.

Shannon uses a flexible, holistic approach that draws from several evidence-based methods. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors that can reduce distress. Sessions often include skill-building for stress management, communication practice, and guidance for navigating change.

Her work pays attention to both emotions and everyday life. Shannon supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, and burnout or compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy issues, self-esteem struggles, ADHD, and career-related stress in practical, goal-focused ways.

People meet her for help with relationship patterns, anger, feelings of emptiness, or complex family and caregiver stress. Shannon offers motivational interviewing techniques for readiness to change alongside cognitive behavioral tools to shift thoughts and actions. She also uses mindfulness and dialectical behavior strategies to manage intense emotions and build tolerance for distress.

Shannon aims to create a respectful space where clients set the pace and direction of work. She encourages a collaborative process that balances short-term goals with longer-term personal growth. If someone wants a therapist who combines real-world tools with steady support, Shannon provides that kind of partnership.

Approaches you may use in online sessions

Shannon integrates client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people understand their patterns and make concrete changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely, respecting each person's goals, and creating a supportive space to talk through what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful reactions.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT skills offer step-by-step techniques for managing intense feelings, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress without making things worse. Together these approaches provide both emotional support and hands-on tools for daily life.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences and tailor methods accordingly. That planning happens together so clients understand why a strategy is chosen and how it will be used.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what format best matches your routine and comfort level so sessions can fit into everyday life.