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About Shanterica
LMHC Shanterica Swan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with three years of clinical experience. She works with adolescents and adults who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, mood concerns, or trouble managing intense emotions. She uses practical, skills-based methods to address everyday problems and emotional strain.
She previously provided care in outpatient, residential, correctional, and virtual settings. That variety means she has practiced short-term problem solving and longer-term support across different routines and schedules. Sessions focus on clear tools clients can use between meetings.
Swan emphasizes straightforward approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and skills training for emotion regulation. Conversations tend to center on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, learning coping strategies, and practicing concrete behaviors that reduce distress. She includes elements of client-centered listening and solution-focused planning when helpful.
When people come for help with anxiety, depression, or stress, sessions often begin with specific goals and steps. She works to break problems into manageable pieces and teaches coping tools that fit daily life. This includes strategies for impulsivity, low self-esteem, eating or food-related struggles, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce.
Swan also addresses trauma and abuse with attention to pacing and safety. She helps clients name feelings like guilt, shame, or low self-love and then practices skills to build steadier mood and clearer purpose. For those juggling work and family demands, the focus is on practical change rather than abstract theory.
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How her approaches guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and responding to what each person says. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets specific thought patterns and behaviors; sessions teach concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, depression, or overthinking. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that are useful for impulsivity and mood instability.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will look at goals, symptoms, and daily life demands to choose methods that fit. She adjusts the mix of listening, skill teaching, and solution-focused planning as the work progresses.
The biography notes experience in virtual settings but does not list exact session formats here, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let the therapist assign practical exercises and review progress between meetings to keep changes happening in everyday life.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, and trauma and abuse. Additional focuses include divorce and separation, eating and food-related issues, guilt and shame, impulsivity, life purpose, mood disorders, self-love, and women's issues.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Sessions draw on client-centered listening alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. The emphasis is on practical skills and behavior changes clients can apply between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working in outpatient, residential, correctional, and virtual settings. That range informs both short-term and ongoing care styles.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LMHC licensed in Florida and practices from that state. The credential appears as FL LMHC in her profile.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography mentions virtual work but does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact rates are not specified here and should be checked before scheduling.
What is the first step to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process connects you to the intake steps and initial appointment.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.