Shawana Porter , LPC

Shawana Porter is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience helping people navigate life transitions, emotional challenges, and relationship difficulties. She holds national board certification as a National Board Certified Counselor and also works as a life coach. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina, she brings clinical training and practical experience from settings that include hospitals, correctional environments, and community mental health facilities.

Porter has experience supporting individuals facing depression, stress and anxiety, anger management, low self-esteem, motivation challenges, and confidence concerns. She also works with trauma and abuse survivors, grief, intimacy-related issues, family dynamics, and LGBT clients. Her practice emphasizes listening to each person’s story and helping them become the author of their next chapter without judgment.

Her therapeutic toolkit is rooted in evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Porter frames change as a courageous, collaborative process and aims to empower clients to identify goals, build coping skills, and overcome barriers to a more fulfilling life.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is a practical, skills-based approach often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of internal experience. It can help reduce reactivity to difficult emotions and support coping with stress and emotional pain.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clients' strengths and small, achievable steps toward their goals. It is useful for clients seeking clear direction and quick strategies to address specific problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Shawana Porter collaborates with each client to evaluate needs, goals, and personal preferences and to adapt techniques so they fit the client’s life and pace.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options allow clients to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care during life changes, and engage in therapy from locations that are convenient for them.