Shawn Brisbane
Compassionate, skills-based therapy for complex challenges
LPC Pennsylvania
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Shawn
Shawn Brisbane is an LPC based in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping people address stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and related concerns.
Background and approach
With ten years of clinical experience, he works with issues including depression, self-esteem, grief, intimacy-related difficulties, sleep and eating problems, parenting and family challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of attention include attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, body image, codependency, and communication or control problems.
Shawn blends pragmatic, evidence-informed methods to create individualized plans that align with a client’s needs and preferences. He uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to help clients build skills, process difficult experiences, and pursue meaningful change.
He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in the therapeutic relationship and adapts his style to each person’s situation. Prospective clients who are ready to explore therapy can expect a collaborative process that prioritizes practical strategies and emotional understanding.
Shawn encourages people to take the first step and offers multiple online session formats to accommodate varying schedules and circumstances.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Shawn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in his online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to develop practical coping skills. ACT helps people clarify personal values and build psychological flexibility through mindfulness and committed action, which can be useful for stress, addiction, and coping with life changes.Finding the right approach is collaborative rather than predetermined. A therapist and client work together to explore which methods and exercises fit the client’s goals, preferences, and circumstances, and adjustments are made over time as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people balancing work, family, and health demands. Video calls and phone sessions allow live, face-to-face conversations when scheduling is tight, while live chat and text-based messaging provide more immediate or flexible ways to check in between sessions. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from different locations within Pennsylvania and to maintain continuity of care when life is busy.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English