Shannon Rosenbauer, LCSW-C

Shannon Rosenbauer is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland with 12 years of experience. She focuses on addictions alongside related concerns such as grief, stress, anxiety, and self-esteem. Shannon aims to create an open space where people can speak freely about what matters to them.

She helps people coping with serious or chronic illness, including cancer and other long-term conditions, as well as those facing caregiving strain. Shannon also supports people dealing with relationship conflict, family problems, and life transitions. Her work includes attention to motivation, confidence, and issues tied to identity and loss.

In sessions she uses a client-centered stance that prioritizes each person’s voice. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to identify patterns that keep problems in place. Mindfulness techniques are used to help ground people when stress or grief feels overwhelming.

Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when clients want to make changes in substance use or other habits. Psychodynamic ideas inform deeper conversations about patterns that repeat across relationships and life stages. Shannon blends approaches to fit practical goals and daily life needs.

She encourages small, doable steps toward change and focuses on what people can try between meetings. To begin, visitors complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Sessions are conducted in English and she does not take international clients.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to the person in front of the therapist. Online, that means building a collaborative space where the client sets goals and the therapist follows their lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed remotely. Mindfulness Therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and simple exercises that can be used during stressful moments and practiced at home.

Finding the right fit is a shared process. Shannon works with each person to try approaches, track what helps, and adjust methods over time. She aims to match techniques to the clients concerns, goals, and daily routines rather than insisting on a single method.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow consistent follow-up between meetings. Some approaches lend themselves to short skill-focused check-ins while others use longer conversations to notice recurring patterns. Talk with the therapist about what schedule and session style will best fit your life.