A Place to Make Sense of What You’re Carrying and Find a Way Forward
Hello! I’m Shanna Gwilliam, LCSW. I’ve been a therapist for more than 25 years.
My style is warm, collaborative, practical, and sometimes sprinkled with humor, because healing is hard enough without therapy feeling stiff or overly clinical.
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“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
Understanding what your mind and body learned to do
My approach is trauma-informed and nervous-system aware. We pay attention not only to what happened, but also to what your mind and body learned to do to protect you.
Sometimes those patterns came from obvious trauma. Sometimes they developed through quieter experiences that still shaped the way you see yourself, other people, or the world.
Either way, we can get curious about those patterns and begin helping them shift.
You do not have to prove that your pain “counts.”
You deserve support for what has affected you, whether your experiences fit neatly into the word “trauma” or not.
Thoughtful people who are ready to get curious
Many of my clients are thoughtful, sensitive, high-insight people who have already done a lot of work. Some are therapists themselves. Some are navigating chronic pain, illness, grief, trauma, or caregiving.
And some would simply like their brains to stop holding committee meetings at 2 a.m.
I tend to be a good fit for people who want therapy that is compassionate, focused, and intentional. We may move gently, but we will also be paying attention.
We will use what fits you.
My work may include EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, Brainspotting, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, and somatic or mindfulness-based tools.
The method is not the goal. We choose the tools that make sense for you and what you are hoping to change.
Some of the people I especially enjoy working with
Therapists and Helping Professionals
Therapists need places where they do not have to be the steady one. I enjoy working with helping professionals navigating burnout, imposter syndrome, secondary trauma, personal pain, or the complicated overlap between who they are and the work they do.
Faith and Spiritual Questions
I have particular experience supporting members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including those navigating questions, doubt, hurt, or change. If remaining connected to your faith matters to you, that hope is welcome in therapy.
Clients of all faiths, changing faiths, and no faith are welcome.
Therapy that can flex with what you need
50-minute online sessions for ongoing therapy, processing, support, and change.
Longer sessions when you want more focused time for trauma processing, chronic pain work, or a particular goal.
Targeted work alongside your primary therapist, as well as Spravato and ketamine integration through Etherios Therapy.
Extended sessions and therapy intensives are private-pay services and are not covered by insurance.
You do not have to have everything figured out first.
Therapy can be a place to slow down, get curious, and begin taking the next right step.
My private practice is online only for adults who are physically located in Utah at the time of service.
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