William Shonts, LPC-MHSP

William Shonts is a licensed professional counselor with 22 years of clinical experience in Tennessee. He works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. He approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. William aims to create a straightforward plan that fits each person's needs.

He spends sessions listening first, then shaping a practical path forward. William adapts his conversations to what matters most to the person in front of him. This may include skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication, or coping with loss and change.

William also supports people facing family-related strain and compassion fatigue. He has additional experience with attachment questions, adoption and foster care topics, caregiver stress, and health-related concerns such as cancer. He is familiar with issues like body image, codependency, dissociation, and domestic violence.

His clinical approaches include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused strategies, and mindfulness practices. William mixes these methods to match a person's goals and situation rather than using a single fixed technique.

People who want a calm, direct style may find his approach helpful. He invites clients to take small, steady steps and offers support while they build new coping habits. To begin, users are encouraged to use the Start Therapy pathway on the site and complete the brief matching questionnaire.

How online therapy can use practical approaches to help

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens with curiosity and helps people name goals and next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving how people handle stress and conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. William will work collaboratively to decide which methods match a person's goals and preferences. That might mean using listening-based sessions at first, then adding skills practice, or mixing mindfulness exercises with cognitive tools based on how a person responds.

The profile does not specify exact online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online work useful because it lets them fit sessions into a busy day, avoid travel, or choose a quieter time for focused work. Some formats make it easier to have brief check-ins or to practice skills between meetings. Discuss timing, session length, and practical needs with the therapist when scheduling to make therapy fit everyday life.