- Client-Centered Therapy
- CBT techniques
- Motivational Interviewing
About Shanti
Shanti Turner is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) in Michigan with ten years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and struggles around self-esteem and motivation. She also lists family issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue among her common areas of work.
Shanti emphasizes that people know their own stories and brings that belief into sessions. She listens for strengths and uses them to help clients address what feels heavy. Conversations focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and small shifts that can change how days feel.
Her approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the client's perspective and priorities. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking patterns that fuel anxiety or depression. Motivational Interviewing appears when clients want help finding the energy or direction to make changes.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused while still allowing room to process difficult feelings. Shanti works with guilt and shame as part of broader emotional themes, helping people talk through where those feelings began and what keeps them active now. She pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns when they affect present relationships.
People often come for help with life changes, career stress, money worries, or persistent loneliness. Shanti supports steps toward clearer communication and improved coping. To get started she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
How Shanti applies her approaches in online sessions
Shanti uses Client-Centered Therapy to place the client's perspective at the center of work. That means sessions start from what matters most to the person and proceed at a pace they can manage. This approach is helpful when shame or family history makes it hard to speak up.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to name and test thinking patterns that keep anxiety, depression, or guilt active. CBT offers concrete exercises between sessions to try different ways of thinking and behaving. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone wants to change but feels stuck, focusing conversation on personal reasons for change and small next steps.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Shanti will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them over time so the plan fits real life.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Because formats are not listed in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule shorter check-ins, avoid long commutes, or meet during a break from work while keeping therapeutic focus.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, self-esteem, parenting, trauma and family problems among other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She helps clients talk through where guilt and shame come from and looks at thoughts and patterns that keep those feelings active.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, using CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and motivational interviewing to support change.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with stress, trauma, mood concerns, and related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and is licensed in Michigan.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
How are sessions scheduled and what about formats?
Please confirm current session options before booking; the site asks users to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.