Shannon Sartori , LCSW

Shannon Sartori is an LCSW - a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Norman, Oklahoma with two decades of experience in therapeutic settings. She has built a varied career working in youth and family centers, coordinating in-school therapy programs, managing services under the Victims of Crime Act, collaborating with court and prison systems, completing assessment and referral for individuals with serious mental illness, and maintaining a private practice.

Her clinical manner is relaxed and warm, and she draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic approaches, and an empowerment-oriented stance to support clients. Shannon emphasizes identifying and strengthening individual assets so that clients can use those strengths to meet current challenges and continue to grow.

Shannon has experience across a wide range of concerns and settings and brings a practical, strengths-based focus to her work. She aims to help people recognize their existing resources and build on them to navigate life changes, relationships, stress, and trauma. She looks forward to working with prospective clients and tailoring her approach to each person’s needs.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Therapy Options

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replacing them with more adaptive responses. It is practical and goal-oriented, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with sleep or coping. Psychodynamic work explores how past experiences and relationship patterns influence present feelings and choices; it can help people gain insight into persistent emotional patterns and improve relational functioning. The empowerment approach centers on recognizing strengths and building the client’s ability to make choices and take action that align with their values and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shannon collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts methods over time so therapy fits the individual rather than the other way around.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility by letting clients meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and work with a licensed professional from locations across Oklahoma.