Shannon Amabile, LMFT
California · 8 years in practice
Shannon Amabile is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief, addiction recovery, parenting concerns, and career-related pressure.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 114770 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1588210421 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Shannon
Shannon Amabile is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief, addiction recovery, parenting concerns, and career-related pressure. She works with clients who face trauma, intimacy issues, sleep problems, low self-esteem, ADHD challenges, and the emotional fallout from family problems. Shannon favors short-term, practical work that aims to bring relief quickly.
She uses behavioral strategies and solution-focused tools to help people make changes they can notice.
Background and approach
Sessions are grounded in curiosity and a non-judgmental stance so clients can tell their story and feel heard. Her approach draws on Systemic Therapy to look at patterns across relationships and contexts. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to address thoughts, emotions, and coping skills.
Therapy often includes communication practice, mindfulness, and de-escalation strategies. Shannon emphasizes helping clients build self-trust and recognize their capacity for change. She supports people in processing painful experiences, repairing communication, and creating clearer boundaries.
The work includes skill-building for moments of crisis and tools to handle future stressors. She has eight years of clinical experience and has provided services in educational, residential, corporate, production, office, and virtual settings. Sessions are offered in English and tailored to each person's goals and life context.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shannon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online care
Shannon often blends Systemic Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. Systemic Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and everyday systems to identify where stress and communication breakdowns happen. ACT focuses on helping people clarify values and build small, committed actions despite difficult thoughts or emotions.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy techniques to create a listening, empathetic space where people feel heard and can explore their goals. Together these approaches help with relationship strain, life transitions, anxiety, grief, addiction recovery, and improving communication skills. Shannon treats finding the right mix as a collaborative process and will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit a quick check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep consistent work while managing busy schedules and changing needs.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist support?
Shannon works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, grief, addiction recovery, parenting and career concerns, as well as trauma, intimacy issues, sleeping problems, ADHD, and related struggles.
What is the therapist's general approach and style?
She uses a practical, solution-oriented style with curiosity and a nonjudgmental stance. Sessions often focus on behavioral strategies, communication practice, mindfulness, and skills to reduce distress quickly.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working in educational, residential, corporate, production, office, and virtual settings supporting a range of concerns.
What credential does the therapist hold and where are they located?
The therapist is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available for meeting online?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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