Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
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I’m Shannon and I’m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Los Angeles, California. I have been working with creative clients in entertainment since 2015. I have extensive experience supporting the nuanced social and emotional challenges creative professionals face. I aim to help clients navigate the emotional experience of interacting with the “machine” of entertainment and the culture it’s built on and around, so they can cultivate a meaningful and joyful quality of life. I strive to empower clients to process and resolve interpersonal and personal struggles, heal from the pain that echoes from those struggles and prepare clients to feel confident and equipped to meet and overcome future challenges.
I like to use solution-oriented models with a focus on behavioral interventions, to hopefully bring clients a sense of relief as soon as possible and help empower them to make the changes they want to make. I’m passionate about working from a curiosity based, non-judgemental stance and feel privileged to provide space for clients to tell their stories and feel heard.
My work centers on cultivating hope, promoting self-trust by enabling self-discovery, self-identification and self interpretation as well as improving communication skills and building mindfulness and de-escalation skills in moments of crisis. I like to empower clients to value that they are the expert in their lives and validate their ability to be the agent of change.
I have worked in educational, residential, corporate and production related settings as well as in office and virtually. I have experience supporting clients who face depression, anxiety, challenges in romantic relationships, child rearing, parenting issues as well as personal growth and adjustment/transition issues, including grief/loss, long term maintenance and recovery from addiction, past personal and family of origin related trauma and abuse, interpersonal relational struggles in personal life and collaborative career relationships.
The modalities I use in psychotherapeutic treatment are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. I also utilize Bowen Family Systems, Existential Therapy and Trauma Focused CBT.
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Shannon Amabile is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Los Angeles, California. She brings eight years of clinical experience and has worked with creative clients in the entertainment industry since 2015.
She focuses on helping clients navigate the emotional effects of working within the entertainment “machine” and the culture that surrounds it, with the aim of supporting a meaningful and joyful quality of life. Shannon works to empower people to process and resolve interpersonal and personal struggles, to heal from lingering pain, and to feel equipped and confident when facing future challenges.
Her approach leans on solution-oriented models and behavioral interventions designed to provide relief as soon as possible while enabling clients to make the changes they want. She practices from a curiosity-based, non-judgmental stance and prioritizes creating space for clients to tell their stories and feel heard.
Central to her work is cultivating hope and promoting self-trust through self-discovery, self-identification, and self-interpretation. She also emphasizes communication skills, mindfulness, and de-escalation techniques for moments of crisis, and encourages clients to recognize themselves as the experts in their own lives.
Shannon has practiced in educational, residential, corporate, and production-related settings, and provides therapy both in-office and virtually. She supports people facing depression, anxiety, romantic relationship challenges, child rearing and parenting issues, grief and loss, adjustment and transition, long-term maintenance and recovery from addiction, past personal and family-of-origin trauma and abuse, and other interpersonal and collaborative career relationship struggles.
Her therapeutic methods include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy, along with Bowen Family Systems, Existential Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT. She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, which indicates she has met the state requirements for training and licensure to practice.
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