Shannon Salgado, LMFT

Shannon Salgado is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and the struggles that follow trauma and abuse. Her work also covers addictions, relationship concerns, and family conflict. She emphasizes clients' strengths and sees each person as the expert on their own story.

Shannon uses practical methods to help people build coping skills and make real changes. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide short-term goals and long-term growth. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, emotion regulation, and steps to reduce distress.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Shannon listens first, then helps clients choose strategies that fit their life and values. She offers a calm presence and a focus on small, achievable steps toward recovery and improved relationships.

Over her career she has worked with people facing shame, guilt, isolation, and post-traumatic stress. She also supports those seeking more self-love, a clearer life purpose, or help with social anxiety and phobia. These are woven into treatment planning when relevant.

Shannon is based in Florida and provides services in English. She welcomes international clients and aims to match each person with the right pace and approach for their needs.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety and life purpose concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical techniques to reduce symptoms like panic or persistent worry. Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns in close relationships and helps people build healthier ways of relating when trust or connection has been damaged.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to test strategies and adjust based on what helps most. Sessions are a mix of listening, skill practice, and planning, and choices about methods evolve from those conversations.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists can use online sessions to teach skills, coach through difficult moments, or help clients apply changes between meetings, all aimed at practical progress rather than promises of outcomes.