Shannon Gaiser , LPC

Shannon Gaiser is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania with 17 years of clinical experience supporting people facing addiction, mood disorders, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. She draws on both professional training and personal experience in recovery from opiate addiction to offer practical, empathetic guidance for those seeking alternatives or complements to traditional 12-step programs. Shannon has worked extensively in both inpatient and outpatient settings, including nine years in rehabilitation programs and eight years providing counseling alongside a suboxone-prescribing physician. Her practice emphasizes client-centered care, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral techniques, used to help clients build coping skills, address trauma, manage anxiety or depression, and navigate family dynamics.

Shannon’s experience covers a broad range of concerns, including stress, grief, parenting and fatherhood issues, relationship and communication problems, codependency and abandonment, substance use and recovery, bipolar disorder, and challenges with self-esteem and anger. She is open to personalized treatment paths such as medication-assisted treatment and medical marijuana where appropriate, believing that each person’s route to wellness is individual. Shannon has provided therapy via text, video, and voice and typically responded to messages within five hours, with longer response times possible on weekends. She is not accepting new clients.

Approach-Focused Care for Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify personal values and take committed steps toward a meaningful life. It can be helpful for anxiety, avoidance patterns, and substance use when old coping strategies are no longer working.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person seeking help by offering empathy, respect, and collaboration. This approach helps people feel heard and supported while they explore identity, relationships, self-esteem, and the effects of past hurt.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical skills to shift them. CBT is useful for managing anxiety, depression, cravings, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shannon works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques over time based on what is most helpful.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, mobility limitations, or those living far from specialized services. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, attend sessions from different locations, and integrate therapy into daily life while working with licensed professionals and therapists to pursue meaningful change.