Individual Counseling

Family Counseling

Group Counseling

Shannon is very passionate about working with individuals. She presents a warm and caring presence that allows clients to experience and process unresolved, blocked emotions and challenge negative and distorted thinking patterns.  Holding this therapeutic space allows for clients to transform difficult emotions like anger, guilt, grief, hopelessness, and helplessness into positive insight, healing, increased self-worth, self acceptance, balanced living and empowerment.

Areas of focus for individual counseling include; infertility, grief-loss, chronic-long term illness, anxiety-stress management, depression, LGBTQ, relationship and life transitions.

Working on individual issues can provide additional benefits such as creating healthier connections and communication in relationships.

Shannon hopes everyone she meets feels like they 'shine a little brighter' after their work together.  

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Shannon works with clients 12 years of age and older. She has a relaxed presence, creative exploration and sincere interest which makes it easy for her to connect with people of all ages and backgrounds.

Her philosophy in family counseling is to explore and recreate connection among family members. Less time is spent talking about the content of problems and more attention is placed on creating secure attachments. When families feel more connected they report improved communication, better problem solving, increased trust and respect for each other and more quality time spent together.


*Shannon does not work with families dealing with current and unresolved custody issues.

Shannon offers bereavement and infertility groups.

She includes these topics in her group design:

• mindfulness

• stress management
  

• creative expression

• guided imagery

• building support

• education on the mind-body connection
  
  

A variety of emotions may surface when dealing with losses and unresolved emotion. Creating a non-judgmental and supportive atmosphere, while practicing the tools learned in group, will allow participants to feel safe to explore and process deep rooted emotions, resulting in growth and healing.

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“The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are, not with a lurking suspicion in the therapist's mind that they may, in fact, be otherwise. This attitude is not stupidity on the therapist's part; it is the kind of attitude that is most likely to lead to trust...”
Carl Rogers, one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research.

Contact Information:
Shannon Schiefer MA, LPC
4525 S. Lakeshore Dr. Suite 102
Tempe, AZ 85282
480-331-4439