Dr. Shonda Sessoms, LPC

Dr. Shonda Sessoms is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Mississippi with a decade of counseling experience. She holds a doctorate degree in Professional Counseling from Mississippi College. She works with individuals ages 10 and up and focuses on common life stresses like relationship strain, anxiety, and changes at work or home.

Her approach is practical and respectful. She listens first to understand each person's priorities and day-to-day struggles. Sessions focus on real goals such as improving confidence, managing stress, or sorting through grief and trauma.

Dr. Sessoms uses client-centered methods to make sure conversations follow what matters most to the client. She also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new patterns of behavior.

She has experience across education and community settings, giving her a range of perspectives when addressing family conflict, intimacy-related concerns, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes work with children, adolescents, and adults over more than 12 years in those environments.

Practical steps and tailored plans are central to her style. She works with each person to shape a treatment plan that reflects their needs and goals. The emphasis is on steady progress, everyday tools, and building confidence to handle stress and life transitions.

How client-centered and CBT approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist creates space for a person to say what matters most and then shapes the sessions around those priorities. This approach helps when someone needs validation, clearer goals, or a steady place to talk through decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. CBT can be useful for stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and handling daily life challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process means the approach can change as needs evolve.

For online therapy logistics, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, save travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows continued work through life transitions and stress when in-person meetings are difficult. Licensed professionals can help adapt exercises and homework to an online setting so progress continues between sessions.