Shannon Price, Counselor in Seattle, 98103

Shannon Price, MA

Profession(s):
Counseling, Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychotherapy
License Status:
I'm a licensed professional.
Primary License:
Marriage and Family Therapist - LF60211272

My Approach to Helping

My approach is to help families, couples and individuals create healthier, happier and more meaningful relationships and lives for themselves. I use a variety of modalities and tailor therapy to each client's needs and personality. However, I draw most heavily from Family Systems Theory, Humanistic and Cognitive/Behavioral therapy approaches. My goal is to provide each client a safe and supportive environment in which to express them self. I believe that none of us operate in isolation rather we are connected to the ones close to us by past as well as present experiences. We operate in a system with the ones we love. These experiences and relationships influence our patterns of behavior and emotion. By looking at this system, we will be better able to change how the system operates as well as realign our understanding of ourselves. I also take a holistic approach to treatment. Through talk therapy, experiential activities and homework we will explore the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual aspects of your life in an effort to address all aspects of your health and well-being.

More Info About My Practice

What to Expect: Our counseling relationship will move through several stages: - Getting acquainted for 2-3 sessions in an effort to gain an understanding of the concerns that brought you here and help you evaluate whether my therapeutic approach best serves your needs. - Setting goals and making plans to reach those goals. - Supporting you and helping you work your plan both in sessions and through assigned work between therapeutic sessions. - Evaluating our progress toward your goals. - Deciding together when it is time to conclude our counseling relationship. Deciding to come to therapy is a very personal decision. You, as the client, are the director of your own work and the path we take. You must make your own decisions on issues concerning your life and I will be there to guide you in the direction of your choosing. To recieve the full benefit of our time together, I will assign homework and other "out of the office" assignments.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I enjoy helping clients improve their relationships in their life whether it is their relationship with themselves or with others. In my experience I have really seen clients benefit from DBT (Dialetical Behavioral Therapy). This approach teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance and impulse control as ways as gaining skills to better know yourself and manage relationships through mindfulness exercises and interpersonal effectiveness. Clients I have worked with have changed their behavior using these skills while processing trauma and negative experiences in our therapy sessions.

Services I Provide

Individual Therapy & Counseling
Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
Family Therapy
Coaching

Ages I Work With

Children
Teens
Adults

Languages I Speak

English

Groups I Work With

I work with all types of individuals, families, couples and teens around a variety of concerns. Specifically I specialize in the areas of: -Marriage and Divorce therapy
-Children experiencing or have experienced divorce
-Blended families
-Fertility/Infertility issues
-Issues around adoption
-Developmental life transitions with children and families
-Interracial relationships/raising biracial children
-Attachment parenting and proactive parenting models
-Teenage life coaching