Shawna Rhymes-Danielson, LMFT

Shawna Rhymes-Danielson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California with ten years of clinical experience. She uses a warm, nonjudgmental style to help people talk through anxiety, stress, and the everyday strains of parenting and relationships. Shawna focuses on practical steps that clients can try between sessions to build confidence and feel more in control.

Clients can expect straightforward conversation about what matters most to them. Shawna helps people identify values, set realistic goals, and notice patterns that keep problems repeating. She pays attention to how attachment and past relationships shape current behaviors and feelings.

Her approach brings together methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and client-centered support. That combination is used to address issues such as self-esteem, coping with life changes, and relationship struggles including jealousy and infidelity. Shawna also works with people facing compassion fatigue, addictions, chronic illness, and parenting stress.

She aims to create a calm space where concerns about abandonment, blended family dynamics, and communication problems can be named and worked on. Sessions include both short-term problem solving and longer-term work on attachment and patterns.

Shawna invites clients to make small, doable changes that fit daily life. She supports people through difficult transitions and helps them strengthen skills for clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and more satisfying relationships.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that keep anxiety, anger, or low mood in place. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current expectations and communication, which can be useful when jealousy, trust, or commitment issues show up.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. This means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than assuming one method fits everyone.

Session options are not listed in the biography, so confirm available formats before you book. Online work can make it easier to fit visits into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to continue care while handling work demands, caregiving, or other commitments. Licensed professionals will discuss how to shape sessions so they fit your routine and goals.