LPC
Shauna Stimmel, LPC
- Experience8 years
- LocationIdaho
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, and Parenting
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Shauna
Shauna Stimmel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and brings eight years of crisis-care experience to her practice.
Background and approach
Shauna focuses on helping people build resilience and reconnect with what matters to them. She often works with adolescents and adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and related concerns.
Shauna uses a mix of practical strategies and conversational work to help people manage symptoms and make day-to-day life feel more manageable. She values a nonjudgmental stance and welcomes clients of all genders and orientations.
Shauna also supports parents who want clearer communication and better ways to respond to challenging behaviors. She helps parents find community resources and learn skills they can use at home.
Her style aims to be creative and down-to-earth so people can try new approaches without feeling overwhelmed. Her background includes work with complex presentations such as dissociation, substance concerns, and mood disorders.
Shauna brings both structured techniques and relational support to sessions. She pairs evidence-based methods with the client’s personal values to guide longer-term growth.
People who choose Shauna can expect straightforward collaboration. Sessions focus on practical tools, slower exploration of harder material, and building skills clients can use after therapy ends.
To start, clients answer a short questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.
How these approaches translate to online work
Internal Family Systems (IFS) explores the different parts inside a person - the protective parts, the worried parts, and the wounded parts - and helps them learn to relate to each other more kindly. It can help when people feel stuck by repeated inner reactions or shame. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with clear exercises and practice between sessions, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps process distressing memories using bilateral stimulation alongside guided recall, and can reduce the intensity of traumatic memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and pace. That may mean trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives by removing travel time, letting people choose quieter times of day, and allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also make it simpler to continue care when circumstances change, while still focusing on the same practical skills and emotional work done in traditional sessions.
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Experience
8+ years
Licensed
Idaho
Languages
English