Shonta Harper

Shonta Harper, LPC, LCMHC helps people cope with big life changes and everyday struggles. She focuses on strengthening self-understanding, improving relationships, and building habits that support personal growth. Her style aims to be direct and compassionate so people can make steady progress.

She works with concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, career stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, anger, depression, and coping with life changes. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to gender and sexual identity.

Her sessions address communication problems, codependency, infidelity, jealousy, and issues around control and forgiveness. Shonta pays attention to caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and the practical effects these pressures have on daily life. She uses straightforward conversation and practical exercises to help people test small changes between sessions.

Shonta follows a trauma-informed, culturally aware approach. That means she looks for how past experiences and identity shape current struggles, and she adapts tools to each person's background. The work is collaborative - she helps people discover strengths and try clear steps toward relief.

She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential. Shonta practices in Georgia and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Shonta draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach she uses centers on skills building - teaching concrete tools for reducing anxiety, improving communication, and managing mood so people can practice between sessions. Another approach emphasizes trauma-informed understanding - recognizing how past events affect current reactions and using that insight to plan gradual, safe steps forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. Conversations early on help decide which techniques to prioritize and how to pace the work together.

If you are considering online therapy, check the therapist's current session options before booking. Confirming formats ensures they fit your schedule and needs. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow continuity of care when circumstances change, while the therapist and client together decide how to structure sessions for the best practical fit.