Therapist in Riverside, California Shana Butler, Therapist

Shana Butler is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California who has been practicing since 2011 with at least 10+ years of clinical, leadership, and community-based experience. Shana creates safe spaces for clients and elicits their strengths to assist them to become the best versions of themselves via the use of clinical strategies. Her goal is to empower each client from an individualized view and provide support in challenging times. The goal is to create rapport, which is individualized to access patient’s needs, explore inherent strengths, and identify core issues which assist patients self-reflect which enhances personal growth to deal with life’s challenges which contribute to various mental health stressors. Outside of work, Shana enjoys mindfulness capers, Starbucks, friends, great places/good people, new experiences, her pup, and just being outdoors taking in views. The therapeutic process begins with a careful assessment of the client’s presenting concerns, addressing these concerns via integration of eclectic therapeutic approaches which include cognitive behavior therapy, family systems therapy, solution-focused therapy, and reality therapy. Shana specializes in assisting patients reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma related triggers/responses, and reducing negative thinking/behavioral patterns which cause patients to feel stigmatized or impacts their quality of life.