Shannon Almeida, LMFT
Illinois · 7 years in practice
Shannon Almeida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Illinois.
License and registration
- LMFT, Illinois
- 166.001408 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1396143681 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Shannon
Shannon Almeida is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Illinois. She works with adults who are coping with anxiety, stress, depression, identity questions, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and life transitions. Shannon mixes talk-based work with attention to body sensations and everyday routines to help people name what they feel and why it matters.
Her approach is collaborative and grounded. Sessions focus on emotional processing, noticing patterns that repeat, and understanding how the body and nervous system hold experience.
Background and approach
She pairs insight with practical exercises people can try between sessions, such as reflection prompts and simple behavior steps that fit daily life. Shannon draws on Existential therapy alongside acceptance and commitment strategies and attachment-focused ideas. She also uses client-centered and cognitive behavioral methods to tailor support to each person’s needs.
This blend helps address feelings of emptiness, problems with self-esteem, panic, social anxiety, and the weight of past family patterns. Her background includes seven years of clinical experience as an LMFT. That experience informs work with people navigating trauma and abuse, ADHD, chronic illness and pain, multicultural concerns, and questions about life purpose.
Shannon aims to be affirming of LGBT identities and attentive to the ways culture and systems shape experience. In sessions she balances listening with active tools. The goal is to help people build clearer patterns, stronger self-understanding, and practical coping skills that can be used outside the therapy room.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shannon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Existential and Action-Oriented Work Online
Existential therapy looks at big life questions, meaning, and how you want to live. It helps when someone feels stuck, empty, or unsure about purpose and direction. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts and feelings while taking steps that align with personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotions, which is useful for improving communication and managing relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shannon collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She blends existential questions with ACT tools and attachment ideas when those approaches suit the situation, and adapts as people learn what helps them most.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversational work and noticing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text let people check in between sessions or use written reflection on a schedule that fits their day. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or health routines.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Shannon commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting and family issues, ADHD, self-esteem, and life transitions.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and grounded, combining talk therapy, attention to body sensations, and practical exercises to use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an IL LMFT and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer online?
Sessions may be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work for online sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
More therapists in Illinois
See allVadim Sitnyakovskiy
LCPC
Insight-focused counselor helping people find meaning
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
Shelia Cisco
LCPC
Compassionate guide for relationship and identity work
- Relationship
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
Kenneth Catalanotte
LCSW
Existential-minded LCSW focused on meaning
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us