Dr. Shannon Derby, LMHC
Florida · 25 years in practice
Dr. Shannon Derby is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH17175 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1962365940 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- 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
Dr. Shannon Derby is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. She works with people who struggle with self-esteem, anger, career concerns, parenting strain, grief, and relationship or intimacy challenges.
She aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive. Her style is practical and respectful. She listens first and then shapes conversation to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit daily life. She emphasizes compassion and sensitivity throughout the process. Dr.
Derby draws on several approaches to match a person's situation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift their emotional patterns in close relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy offers exercises to clarify values and build actions that matter.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses attachment-based and client-centered techniques to strengthen trust and personal agency in sessions. That mix helps when people face trauma, abandonment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, or caregiver stress.
It can also support those managing ADHD, bipolar challenges, or co-occurring conditions. Practical matters are part of the work. Dr.
Derby will tailor a plan and coaching techniques to each person's goals. She helps people build tools for everyday challenges and to move toward a more satisfying life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shannon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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
Working with emotion, values, and attachment online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and shift the emotional patterns that keep them stuck. It focuses on feelings, how they show up, and small changes that change interactions and personal reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy centers on clarifying what matters and taking committed action even when feelings are hard; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggest approaches to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, career issues, and many life changes.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and compassionate. She listens first, then tailors conversation and steps to each person's needs.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional work experience helping people manage emotional and behavioral challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor - FL LMHC - and practices in Florida.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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