Shanell Manson, LISW, LISW-CP

Shanell Manson is a licensed independent social worker with ten years of professional experience based in Ohio. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Shanell aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and supports people taking the first step toward change.

Her approach is collaborative and individualized. She listens to each person’s story, then adapts conversations and plans to fit their needs. That can mean working through grief, navigating family conflict, or addressing intimacy and parenting concerns.

Shanell also works with people facing trauma and abuse, as well as identity-related concerns such as LGBT issues. She helps clients cope with life changes, anger, low self-esteem, and career stress. Her broader focus includes conditions like bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue when those issues are part of what a person brings to sessions.

Shanell pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes that often come up in relationships. She helps people untangle codependency, communication problems, control issues, and patterns that lead to repeated conflict. Practical tools and clearer communication are common goals in her work.

People who come to Shanell can expect steady support while they set goals and try new ways of handling old problems. She tailors pacing and techniques to individual needs, and she frames progress as a series of small, manageable steps rather than overnight change.

Therapeutic approaches that guide online work

Shanell uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach she draws on helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thoughts and behaviors and replace them with clearer, more effective alternatives; this can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Another approach centers on relationships and attachment, helping people understand how early bonds affect current interactions and teaching communication skills to reduce conflict and improve intimacy.

Choosing the right method is collaborative. Shanell will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they test approaches and adjust plans so therapy fits the person rather than forcing a single model on every situation.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people continue care across life changes while working with licensed professionals who focus on trauma, relationships, and mood concerns.