Shawna Powell, LPC

Shawna Powell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 23 years of experience helping people recover and rebuild after difficult events. She chose this path because her own experiences showed her that survival can lead to real change. Shawna aims to help people move from surviving to thriving by using what she has learned personally and professionally.

She begins by listening and learning where each person is right now. She treats people as the experts on their own lives and tailors work to match their needs. Expect straightforward conversation and practical steps you can try between sessions.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, and issues around relationships and intimacy. She also supports people facing caregiving strain, chronic illness or pain, body image struggles, and the challenges of life transitions such as midlife change.

Shawna draws from several therapy styles rather than one fixed method. She combines approaches to match the person and the situation, using tools that focus on values, present choices, thinking patterns, and emotional regulation. This flexible way of working helps adapt to complex issues like dissociation, attachment concerns, and co-morbid conditions.

Shawna practices in Colorado and conducts sessions in English. Her aim is to help people improve daily functioning and quality of life through steady, collaborative work focused on realistic goals.

How Shawna’s Approaches Translate Online

Shawna uses methods that focus on values, relationships, and practical change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps you clarify what matters and take small actions toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify patterns that worsen mood or anxiety and offers concrete skills to shift them. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early relationship patterns affect current relationships and aims to build safer ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Shawna will talk with a person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress or challenges emerge.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online work can make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into a busy life. It can reduce commute time, allow a shorter check-in during a work break, or remove the need to be on camera for parts of a session. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and attachment work to remote sessions so the focus stays on goals, skills, and everyday changes rather than on where the meeting takes place.