About Shannon
Shannon Almeida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Illinois who blends evidence-based methods with lived experience to support adults navigating stress, anxiety, trauma, identity questions, and life transitions.
Background and approach
With seven years of professional experience, she combines active, collaborative conversation with attention to the body and nervous system to uncover underlying patterns that influence feelings, avoidance, and behavior. Sessions emphasize both insight and applied practice: emotional processing and body-based awareness in session are paired with practical behavior-focused tools for use between meetings.
Shannon draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), attachment-informed perspectives, and client-centered principles to tailor interventions to each person’s needs. Her approach acknowledges the interplay of personal, relational, and systemic factors and seeks to hold an anti-oppressive lens throughout the work.
Shannon also speaks from lived experience with neurodivergence and chronic health challenges, which informs her focus on creating an affirming, grounded space where clients can explore values, build coping skills, and practice sustainable change without requiring perfection.
Evidence-Based Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and take committed actions that align with those values while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing unhelpful thought patterns and building concrete skills to change behaviors and reduce symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on patterns of relating and how early relational experiences shape current interactions, helping people understand and shift how they connect with others.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Shannon works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and current needs. She combines elements from different models as appropriate so the plan evolves with client feedback and practical results.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for people with busy schedules, health constraints, or geographic limits. These options make it easier to practice skills between sessions, maintain continuity during life changes, and access consistent support without travel, while still using the same evidence-informed tools and collaborative process that guide in-person work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English