About Shauna
Shauna Stimmel is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Idaho. She holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and brings eight years of crisis-care experience to her work. Shauna aims to help people reconnect with their strengths and build resilience so life feels more meaningful.
She blends practical approaches with attention to each person's values and beliefs. Sessions focus on clear goals, real-world tools, and steady emotional support.
Background and approach
Shauna uses techniques drawn from multiple approaches to match what each person needs. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem, depression, and family problems. She also works with issues such as adoption and foster care, autism, substance use, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
Shauna’s style is nonjudgmental and accepting. She aims to create a calm space where people can talk through hard things and learn skills that last. The work often combines processing difficult experiences with practicing new ways of coping.
Clients can expect focus on strengths, practical coping strategies, and exploration of values and identity. Shauna also helps parents understand behavior, improve communication, and find community resources when needed. The overall aim is greater self-understanding and steady progress over time.
How these approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what comes up, and supports growth by emphasizing strengths and values. This style helps with feelings of low self-worth, life direction, and relationship communication.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses short exercises and practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps people process disturbing memories by guiding attention while recalling difficult events. It is often used for trauma-related symptoms and intense emotional reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide collaboratively which methods fit best for the issue at hand.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Talk with the therapist about preferences and scheduling so sessions match daily routines and practical needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English