Shannan Marano

Shannan focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, trauma and major life changes. Shannan uses everyday language in sessions and aims to make therapy feel direct and practical.

She listens for what matters most and then co-designs a plan that fits each person. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, coping skills for overwhelming feelings, and steps to reduce reliance on substances or unhelpful patterns.

Her approach draws on methods that help people notice their thoughts and values, repair connection with important others, and build realistic new habits. That can mean using gentle behavioural experiments, practising present-moment awareness, or learning tools to argue less and listen more.

The work is paced to match what a person can manage right now. Shannan describes her stance as respectful, sensitive and compassionate.

She supports people through grief, family-of-origin issues, body-image concerns, caregiver stress, dissociation, and problems tied to guilt or shame. She also helps with communication problems, forgiveness work and end-of-life and hospice conversations.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. The process begins by using a short questionnaire to match needs, then scheduling sessions that fit a person’s routine.

Shannan encourages small steps that add up to meaningful change.