- Licensed inFlorida
- LicenseMH17175
- NPI 1962365940
- Experience25+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Derby is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of practice. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, low self-esteem, anger, career strain, grief, and challenges around intimacy and parenting.
She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. Her approach centers on listening first and tailoring therapy to each person. She uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early connections shape current relationships.
Background and approach
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills and shift unhelpful patterns. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She helps clients build clearer thinking, stronger emotional regulation, and better communication.
Work may include skill practice, noticing thoughts and feelings, and trying new ways of relating to others. Over her career she has supported people with complex situations like adoption and foster care, blended family difficulties, caregiver stress, and co-occurring conditions. She pays attention to trauma, abandonment issues, and the ways life transitions affect mood and motivation.
Dr. Derby offers sessions in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Her practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location and therapist availability.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on availability.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH17175 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1962365940 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shannon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Attachment and Skills-Focused Therapy Online
Dr. Derby often blends Attachment-Based Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address relationship patterns and internal struggles. Attachment work looks at how early bonds influence current relationships and can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and communication problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and choose actions that align with personal values, which helps with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals and preferences, then recommend methods to try together. Sessions may combine talking, skill practice, and real-world exercises so you can test what helps between meetings.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let you read facial cues and hold deeper conversations, while phone sessions can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or support when a full session isn't possible. These options make therapy easier to fit into family, work, and daily routines.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, anger, grief, and intimacy-related struggles among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and conversational, focused on listening and creating a plan that fits each person's needs and goals.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional practice experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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