Shania Wilkes is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with ten years of clinical experience.
01About Shania
Shania Wilkes is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with ten years of clinical experience. She brings a grounded, straightforward presence to sessions and focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, relationship problems, and major life changes. Her background includes teaching college courses in psychology, human growth and development, and abnormal psychology.
That classroom experience informs the clear, practical explanations she offers about symptoms and treatment options.
Background and approach
She combines clinical knowledge with real-world language so people can understand their challenges without jargon. Shania uses a person-centered, humanistic base and draws from several approaches to match each person's needs. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward building the client's own strengths.
She describes her style as carefrontational - honest and direct, but grounded in compassion. In practical terms, Shania works with issues like panic and mood disorders, trauma and abuse, substance use concerns, parenting and family strain, codependency, body image, and complicated grief. She also addresses multicultural concerns, isolation, and questions about life purpose.
Her aim is to help people manage problems in ways that reduce shame and increase self-acceptance. She supports clients in learning new coping skills, improving communication, and finding more stability so they can move forward with greater confidence.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC013176 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1215412077 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shania lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Shania names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Shania names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and to act in ways that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and trouble making choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns by practicing new skills and testing beliefs; it often helps with panic, mood problems, and many forms of stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person's own experience and strengths, giving space for expression and reflection while the therapist follows the person's lead.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Over time they adjust the approach based on what is actually helping the client make progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule consistent work and to use tools and exercises in day-to-day life.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this clinician address?
Shania focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and family problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar and compassion fatigue, among other related issues.
What is the therapy style like in sessions?
Sessions are person-centered and collaborative. Shania uses a carefrontational style that is honest and direct while remaining compassionate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of progressive experience working in mental health settings and education.
Where is the clinician licensed and based?
The clinician holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with this clinician?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available for online work?
Therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule per therapist availability.
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