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Therapist in Decatur, Georgia Monica Shannon, Therapist

Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)

Ages Served: 11-75+

Appointments: In-office and Online

Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Monica Shannon, Therapist

Monica Shannon, MSW, LCSW

Specializes In:

Anxiety
Depression/feeling down
Family conflict
Panic attacks
Racial identity
Self-esteem
Sexual trauma
Stress management
Trauma & PTSD
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Monica Shannon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia who has been practicing since 1994. She has an MSW from Adelphi University. Monica specifically has a passion for working with individuals who are recovering from narcissistic abuse and childhood trauma. She also has experience working with individuals, families, parents, adolescents, and those who are 13 and up improve in the areas of self-esteem and self-confidence building. Outside of work, Monica enjoys book reading, going to the movies, traveling, and spending time with family, friends, and her fur kids.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Family conflict
  • Panic attacks
  • Self-esteem
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Career & work issues
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Ethnic identity
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Learning challenges
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Men's health/issues
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Racial identity
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Trauma & PTSD

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Panic attacks
  • Self-esteem
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Emotional abuse
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • Grief & loss
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Trauma & PTSD

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anxiety
  • Panic attacks
  • Racial identity
  • Sexual trauma
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Aging
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Body image
  • Bullying or harassment
  • Career & work issues
  • Caregiving
  • Childhood behavioral issues
  • Chronic pain-related issues
  • Depression/feeling down
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
  • Early adulthood: Starting college or career
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Emotional abuse
  • End-of-life challenges
  • Ethnic identity
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Hair pulling & skin picking
  • Intense mood changes
  • Learning challenges
  • LGBTQ+
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenting
  • Phobias
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Religion & spirituality
  • Retirement
  • School avoidance
  • School behavioral issues
  • Self-esteem
  • Self-injury or cutting
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sleep issues or insomnia
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress from ongoing health issues

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Adelphi University

FAQs

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Monica is amazing! She’s easy to talk to, remembers important details about you, and I always leave our sessions feeling better. I’d give her 10 stars if I could!
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Linda K.

Linda K.

Dec 14, 2025
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Really enjoy every session! She shows concern and takes pride in her therapy sessions.
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Jamion T.

Jamion T.

Dec 05, 2025
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Excellent experience
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