Shannon Wise , LPC

Shannon Wise is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 12 years of professional experience supporting people through a range of mental health challenges. She approaches care with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, tailoring conversation and treatment plans to each person’s unique needs and circumstances. Taking the first step toward a more fulfilling life often requires courage, and she aims to provide steady support throughout that process.

Her background includes about five years as a Therapist Acute working with voluntary and involuntary clients hospitalized during crises who needed stabilization and reintegration into daily routines. She also spent about four years as a Mental Health Professional in a correctional facility, contributing to treatment teams focused on stress management, assessing needs for medication referrals, and arranging interventions or special observation housing for individuals with chronic symptoms. More recently she has worked for over a year in private practice serving adults, teens, and couples.

Triggers for distress in her work have ranged from situational adjustment stressors to serious mental illness, personality issues, or substance-related problems. She offers integrative guidance using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to support emotional regulation and conflict resolution, applies Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills for relaxation, grounding, and distress tolerance, and uses Reality Therapy to set goals that promote personal growth. By setting goals together and monitoring incremental progress, she focuses on renewing hope, increasing self-awareness, and fostering empowerment for meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and online session options

Shannon Wise draws on evidence-based methods to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical strategies for emotional regulation and problem solving; it is often helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on teaching concrete coping skills such as relaxation, grounding, and distress tolerance to reduce impulsive reactions and improve emotion management. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify personal goals and resolve ambivalence, supporting commitment to change when motivation feels uncertain.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shannon Wise collaborates with people to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - appointments can occur via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists regardless of geography.