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Shauna Stimmel

Shauna Stimmel

LPC Idaho

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Guiding steady growth with practical care

  • Strength-focused
  • Practical skills
  • Nonjudgmental support

About Shauna

Shauna Stimmel is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Idaho. She blends a clinical Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with more than eight years of crisis-care experience. Shauna focuses on helping people find steadiness when life feels overwhelming and confusing.

She uses a warm, nonjudgmental style in sessions. Shauna emphasizes the client’s strengths and helps people build resilience and clearer identity. She describes therapy as a place to learn skills, name what matters, and practice changes that stick.

Her background includes work with people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and complex mental health challenges. Shauna also supports parents who want clearer communication, better ways to handle conflict, and access to community resources. She aims to help clients gain tools they can use long after sessions end.

Shauna integrates Client-Centered Therapy with practical techniques from other approaches when useful. She values collaboration and adjusts the pace to each person’s needs. Her sessions aim to be direct but compassionate, helping people make steady progress.

People who come to Shauna often want straightforward help for stress, self-esteem, parenting questions, or recovery from past hurts. She welcomes diverse identities and beliefs and builds a plan that fits each person’s goals and daily life.

How these approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s needs and values at the center of work. It focuses on active listening, reflection, and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety and depression.

Finding the right approach is often a conversation, not a one-time decision. Shauna will collaborate with each person to decide whether to start with a client-centered stance, add CBT tools, or bring in other techniques based on goals and preferences. The process is paced to what the person feels ready for.

If you are considering online therapy with this therapist, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, shorten travel time, and allow flexible scheduling around work or parenting. Some people prefer shorter check-ins or audio-only sessions when they need less bandwidth or a faster appointment; others choose full-length conversations for deeper processing. Talk with the therapist about which format best fits your days and comfort so sessions can be scheduled to match your life.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Family conflicts

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAutism and Asperger SyndromeCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDissociationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Internal Family Systems

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

Idaho

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Shauna focus on?

Shauna works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, self esteem, depression, and family-related struggles, plus related issues like addiction, codependency, and life purpose.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental, focusing on the person’s strengths while teaching practical coping skills and problem-solving techniques.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings eight years of crisis-care experience alongside her academic training in clinical mental health counseling.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Idaho.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can I work with her from another country?

International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided only within the therapist's permitted regions.

How does cost and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist’s availability.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.

Shauna Stimmel

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