Shane King
Practical, collaborative care for life’s challenges
LCSW Connecticut
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shane
Shane King is an LCSW with 13 years of clinical experience who practices in Connecticut. He trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and draws on additional approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy to tailor care to each person.
Background and approach
His background includes independent practice work and prior management experience that inform a structured yet flexible therapeutic stance. Shane focuses on common concerns like anxiety, depression, stress, anger, bipolar challenges, trauma and abuse, and relationship difficulties, along with life transitions, career issues, parenting and family matters, and struggles with self-esteem and purpose.
He also attends to attachment, communication, fatherhood issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, self-love, social anxiety and workplace conflicts. His approach aims to strengthen coping skills and build insight while supporting practical problem solving and emotional regulation.
Shane emphasizes collaboration and a holistic view of change, inviting clients to explore patterns, set goals, and practice new skills between sessions. He offers services in English and sees clients via a variety of online formats, with scheduling and cost varying by location and therapist availability.
How Shane Integrates Therapeutic Approaches Online
Shane often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and workplace or social concerns. He also incorporates Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and the client's own goals to foster self-understanding and strengthen motivation. When emotion regulation and distress tolerance are central, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy can offer concrete skill-building for managing intense feelings and reducing reactivity.Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Shane works with clients to clarify goals, assess what methods feel most useful, and adjust strategies over time so therapy fits the individual’s needs, preferences, and progress rather than relying on a single method from the outset.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing for flexible scheduling and continuity of care when attending in-person sessions is difficult. These options make it easier to practice skills between sessions and maintain regular contact, which can support steady therapeutic progress while fitting around daily life.
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Experience
13+ years
Licensed
New York, Connecticut
Languages
English