Karen Shanahan

Karen Shanahan, LMHC, believes that every individual possesses an internal core of resilience, strength, and determination. Her mission in therapy is to help others recognize, embrace, and use these attributes to navigate life's challenges and achieve peak emotional fitness. For Karen, emotional fitness means cultivating a mind capable of distancing from negative thoughts, thereby enhancing focus on creative and constructive endeavors. She emphasizes the need for therapy to nurture the mind, body, and soul in order to achieve holistic emotional well-being. Utilizing an integrative approach that encompasses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Positive Psychology, and Mindfulness, she provides support to adults facing anxiety, emotional, and behavioral issues, as well as trauma. Karen has specialized expertise in aiding women who confront postpartum depression, infertility, and the unique challenges presented by the birth of premature infants, all while championing the needs of working mothers. She is also dedicated to offering clinical supervision and training. Karen considers it a privilege to witness the remarkable journeys of the individuals she serves and is excited about the prospect of supporting others on their own paths toward healing and growth.