Shawna Rhymes-Danielson
Compassionate, practical therapy for real-life challenges
LMFT California
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Parenting, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Shawna
Shawna Rhymes-Danielson is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with a decade of clinical experience. She blends cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance and mindfulness-based practices to help clients navigate relationship challenges, parenting concerns, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
Her work also addresses issues such as compassion fatigue, addiction, trauma and abuse, anger, and career-related stress. Shawna creates a welcoming space where clients are invited to explore thoughts and emotions openly and without judgment.
She incorporates attachment-informed perspectives for difficulties rooted in abandonment, adoption or foster care experiences, and blended family dynamics, while using client-centered methods to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. Practical skills, values-driven choices, and mindful awareness are used alongside motivational techniques to support change.
With a focus on real-world coping and improved communication, Shawna supports people managing caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, infidelity, guilt and shame, and other complex family patterns. She aims to help clients build clarity, resilience, and more satisfying relationships through collaborative work grounded in established therapeutic approaches.
Combining evidence-based approaches with flexible online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and practical problem-solving. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages clients to clarify values and develop psychological flexibility by accepting difficult thoughts while committing to meaningful actions; it can help with coping during life transitions and persistent emotional pain. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns influence current connection and communication, which may be useful for people facing relationship, separation, or family dynamic challenges.
Determining the most helpful approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to understand goals, preferences, and the situation at hand, then integrate methods from CBT, ACT, attachment work, and client-centered or mindfulness practices to fit individual needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to attend sessions around work and caregiving responsibilities or when travel is difficult. These formats allow licensed professionals to provide consistent, accessible care while adapting techniques and homework to the online setting for ongoing support and skill building.
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Experience
10+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English