- Strengths focused
- Collaborative care
- Practical tools
About Shannon
Shannon Julianne Toy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with seven years of experience who offers a steady, practical approach for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and identity concerns. Julianne writes plainly and focuses on what will help a person feel and function better. She aims to include clients in every step of care and to partner with them on clear, achievable goals.
She uses straightforward strategies drawn from cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based approaches to help people change unhelpful thoughts and respond differently to difficult feelings. Sessions emphasize strengths, problem solving, and practical steps that can be tried between meetings. Julianne also uses client-centered and narrative approaches to listen for each person’s story and priorities.
Her background includes work across settings such as hospitals, schools, community programs, and courts, plus long experience as a case manager and volunteer with at-risk youth and people with developmental disabilities. That range shaped a focus on crisis intervention, group and individual work, and helping people navigate complicated systems.
Julianne lists additional focuses including adoption and foster care, attachment and abandonment issues, body image and eating concerns, kink-affirming care, and co-occurring challenges like ADHD and trauma. She frames therapy around collaboration, aiming to help people build skills, improve relationships, and handle life transitions.
Julianne is licensed in Maryland as LCSW-C and holds the LCSW credential; she is based in Michigan and conducts work in English. Prospective clients should complete the site matching questionnaire to begin the scheduling process.
How Julianne’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, mood struggles, and for coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods to try. Clients and the therapist check progress and adjust the plan if something is not a good fit, so the work stays collaborative and goal oriented.
The biography indicates experience with teletherapy but does not specify which formats are offered in this practice, so confirm current options before booking. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce time spent traveling, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises, homework, and skill-building tasks between sessions in a way that matches their daily routine.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Virginia, Maryland, Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, eating and body image problems, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and work or career strain.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
Sessions emphasize strengths, practical problem solving, and collaborative goal setting. Techniques draw from acceptance-based and cognitive approaches alongside client-centered listening and narrative work.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She has seven years of experience including roles as a clinician and prior work as a case manager and volunteer with at-risk populations.
What credentials and location apply to this clinician?
The clinician holds LCSW-C in Maryland and LCSW credentials, and is based in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session formats arranged?
The original biography noted teletherapy experience but did not list specific session formats for this practice; confirm current session options before scheduling.
How are costs handled and how do I get started?
Cost varies with location and is delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.