Shannon Rick , LCSW

Shannon Rick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who supports people navigating substance use, mood disorders, and complex family concerns. With a solution-focused, client-centered stance, she works to understand each person's strengths and circumstances and collaborates to develop a practical treatment plan tailored to individual goals and needs.

She helps clients build communication and relationship skills while addressing self-esteem and self-confidence challenges. Shannon integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing with strengths-based and solution-focused techniques to create interventions that address symptoms and day-to-day functioning. Her practice emphasizes understanding the whole person so that goals are relevant, realistic, and tied to meaningful change.

Shannon brings four years of clinical experience to her work and describes therapy as a collaborative process that asks for courage and commitment. As an LCSW - a licensed clinical social worker trained to assess, diagnose, and treat emotional and behavioral conditions - she aims to support clients through life transitions so they can pursue more productive and fulfilling lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Shannon uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client's priorities shape the work. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting personal choice, which can be helpful for relationship concerns, family dynamics, and building self-esteem.

She also employs cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a practical method that helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes and can offer concrete tools for day-to-day challenges.

Motivational interviewing is another component of her practice, designed to support readiness for change, especially around substance use and other behaviors that clients may find difficult to modify. It emphasizes collaboration and helping clients discover their own motivation for change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Shannon works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best align with their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals, including therapists, often combine techniques to fit the individual rather than relying on a single model.

Online therapy with Shannon can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and the ability to access care from home or other convenient locations. These options can make ongoing engagement easier for people balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.