Shannon Sweeney is a Master’s level clinician who works with children, adolescents, teens, and young adults navigating a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and life challenges. She has experience supporting individuals experiencing anxiety, grief, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, and major life transitions, and is passionate about helping clients feel understood, supported, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process.
Shannon’s clinical experience includes providing individual and group counseling within community mental health settings, collaborating with multidisciplinary treatment teams, supporting crisis intervention, and helping clients build healthy coping skills using evidence-based therapeutic approaches. She has worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds and is LGBTQIA+ affirming, with experience supporting members of the LGBTQIA+ community in a safe, inclusive, and accepting environment.
Shannon takes a client centered, compassionate, and collaborative approach to therapy. She believes meaningful therapeutic work begins with creating a space where clients feel genuinely heard, accepted, and emotionally safe. Her goal is to help clients explore their emotions, strengthen coping strategies, build confidence, and work toward lasting growth and healing.
Modalities & Therapeutic Approaches
• Client Centered Therapy
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Strengths Based Therapy
• Compassion Focused Approach
• Psychoeducation
• Coping Skills Development
• Collaborative & Supportive Therapy
Areas of Focus & Specialties
• Anxiety
• Trauma & PTSD
• Grief & Loss
• Emotional & Behavioral Challenges
• Emotional Regulation
• Life Transitions
• Coping Skills
• Self Esteem & Confidence Building
• LGBTQIA+ Affirming Care
• Children & Adolescents
• Teens & Young Adults
• Crisis Support
Education
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling
Saint Joseph’s University
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Concentration in Clinical Psychology
Minor in Behavioral Neuroscience