Shannon Almeida

Shannon Almeida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who supports adults navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, major life transitions, identity exploration, relationship concerns, and long-standing family-of-origin patterns. With nearly ten years of experience, she brings a steady, engaged style that emphasizes collaboration and practical progress, helping clients make sense of what is happening in their lives and how those patterns show up day to day.

Her work is grounded and active, combining thoughtful conversation with emotional processing and body-based awareness to explore what may be operating beneath the surface. Sessions focus not only on what a person thinks, but also what they feel, avoid, repeat, and carry in their nervous system. Shannon draws from approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), somatic and nervous-system work, narrative therapy, and systemic therapies, while consistently striving to hold an anti-oppressive lens.

Shannon values insight, and also emphasizes that change tends to grow when therapy is practiced in everyday life. Between sessions, she may offer tools such as worksheets, reflection questions, and coping skills. She does not expect perfection or require homework every time, but she does encourage clients to apply what they are learning in ways that feel realistic and sustainable.

She also brings lived awareness to her clinical work. As a queer, neurodivergent cis-woman living with chronic fatigue and pain, Shannon understands how layered experiences can be personal, relational, and systemic. She aims to offer a grounded, affirming space where clients do not feel pressured to filter or mask, while also building practical tools, understanding patterns, and moving toward a life that aligns more closely with their values and needs.