Shayna Schaefer, LCSW
Delaware · 28 years in practice
Shayna Schaefer is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people manage worry, life transitions, and relationship strain.
License and registration
- LCSW, Delaware
- Q1-0012554 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1700974847 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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 Shayna
Shayna Schaefer is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience helping people manage worry, life transitions, and relationship strain. She emphasizes a down-to-earth, person-centered way of working that focuses on clear communication and building self-respect. Shayna writes and speaks plainly so families and individuals can understand what to expect in sessions.
Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related issues.
Background and approach
She also helps people facing parenting challenges, eating concerns, career shifts, and the ups and downs of mood conditions such as bipolar disorder. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment, blended family issues, caregiver stress, body image, and divorce or separation. Shayna draws on several ways of working to match what each person needs.
She uses Existential ideas to help people find meaning during big life changes, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build values-based action, and client-centered skills to keep the therapy grounded in the person's own priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools are also part of her toolkit when practical skills are helpful.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish for people living in Delaware. Shayna aims for a collaborative tone in the room - she listens first and then helps shape steps that fit daily life. The work is concrete and paced to the person's goals.
Over nearly three decades she has supported people through grief, trauma recovery, workplace stress, and parenting strain. Her goal is to help clients leave sessions with clearer choices and small steps they can try between meetings.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shayna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shayna names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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
Approach-driven work through online therapy
Existential Therapy helps people consider meaning, choice, and responsibility during life transitions and loss; it is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about their direction. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to relate differently to difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities, offering empathetic listening and gentle reflection to help people find their own answers.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients are active partners in deciding whether to lean more on existential questions, skills from ACT, or a client-centered tone.
Online therapy offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone calls can be used when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or when a shorter touchpoint works better. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other life demands while keeping the focus on meaningful, goal-oriented therapy.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Shayna often address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, eating concerns, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related topics like attachment and abandonment.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and person-centered, blending existential exploration with practical tools from ACT, CBT, and mindfulness to match each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 28 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where does Shayna practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in Delaware and holds an LCSW, listed as DE LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shayna?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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