Dr. Freda Shipman, LCSW

Dr. Freda Shipman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people cope with loss, manage stress and anxiety, and recover from trauma and abuse. Her style is warm and collaborative, aimed at helping people find practical steps forward.

She draws on approaches that center the person in front of her and on methods that address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Sessions often include straightforward tools for coping, ways to reframe stressful thinking, and discussion about next steps a person can try between meetings. The goal is steady progress, not sudden fixes.

Her background includes long experience supporting people facing aging and geriatric concerns, caregiving strain, chronic and terminal illness, and cancer-related stress. She also helps with career transitions, retirement adjustment, financial worries, and relationship problems. This range gives her a broad view of how life transitions and health issues interact with emotions.

Dr. Shipman uses principles from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused work, and Internal Family Systems to tailor sessions. She meets people where they are and adapts techniques to the goals they bring. Sessions emphasize respect, dignity, and practical problem-solving.

Many clients come seeking help with grief, parenting strain, anger, or rebuilding self-esteem. People who want a steady, compassionate clinician to listen and offer concrete strategies may find her approach helpful.

How therapeutic methods translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person’s own goals. It helps people feel heard and clarify what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or between errands. It can also make it simpler to continue care during transitions like retirement or relocation. If you prefer techniques that include short skill practices, thought-records, or brief goal-setting between meetings, those can be integrated into online sessions to keep progress moving.