- Internal Family Systems informed
- Neuroscience perspective
- Multicultural focus
About Shereen
Shereen Santos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma with three years of clinical experience. She works with adults and young adults managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and concerns around self-esteem. Her profile also lists work on attachment issues, guilt and shame, life purpose, multicultural concerns, post-traumatic stress, and self-love.
Shereen starts from a question of origins: what happened to you and what survival strategies followed. She uses an Internal Family Systems informed perspective and psychodynamic ideas to look at the conscious and unconscious rules people learn in childhood. That helps show how patterns formed early can shape emotions, behaviors, and relationships later in life.
She brings a neuroscience-informed lens through her training in neurofeedback and brain mapping, and she includes psychoeducation about how the brain and nervous system react to chronic stress and threat. This can help clients see which reactions might have physiological roots as well as psychological ones.
Her work emphasizes multicultural context. She recognizes that family, faith, culture, community, and expectations influence how people understand themselves and their difficulties. She aims to keep those parts of a person present during conversations rather than leaving them out.
Shereen has also worked as a certified life coach with leaders, executives, and pastors, which contributes to her perspective on the relationships between mind, brain, and spirit. She frames therapy as a place to notice patterns, learn new skills, and expand the choices people have in how they respond to life.
Approach to therapy online and how it fits into life
Shereen uses Internal Family Systems informed ideas to help people notice the different parts of themselves and how those parts respond to stress. This approach helps when guilt, shame, or reactive behaviors feel driven by inner rules learned long ago.She also draws on psychodynamic thinking to look at unconscious beliefs and patterns shaped in childhood. That perspective examines how early experiences can continue to influence relationships and self-image. In addition, her neuroscience-informed background brings psychoeducation about how the brain and nervous system respond to threat and prolonged stress, which can clarify why certain reactions feel automatic.
Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to identify which methods make sense based on their concerns, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as therapy progresses and new needs become clear.
The original biography does not specify which online formats are offered. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know whether sessions are by video, phone, or another format. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy life, shorten travel time, allow for a quieter check-in during a break, or remove the need to be on camera for part of a meeting depending on the format chosen. Licensed professionals can use online work to maintain continuity of care while adapting session length and scheduling to everyday routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with adults and young adults on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Her profile also lists attachment issues, guilt and shame, life purpose, multicultural concerns, post-traumatic stress, and self-love.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She looks at where guilt or shame began and what survival strategies developed. Her approach uses IFS-informed ideas and psychodynamic perspectives to understand patterns and beliefs formed in childhood.
What is her background and experience?
She has three years of clinical experience and additional work as a certified life coach with leaders and pastors, which informs her clinical perspective.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC, a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Oklahoma.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile did not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether video, phone, or in-person meetings are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.