Therapist in Suffolk, Virginia Shana Owens, Therapist

Shana Owens, LPC, helps children, adolescents, and teens across Virginia build practical skills to manage emotions, strengthen confidence, and navigate life’s challenges through compassionate, evidence-based care. At LifeStance Health, she provides individual therapy for young people experiencing concerns such as anxiety, ADHD, and trauma, offering a supportive space where clients feel understood and empowered. Shana partners closely with families to create personalized treatment plans that promote lasting growth and resilience for patients throughout VA. Shana is especially passionate about supporting youth who struggle with ADHD, school avoidance, and the effects of trauma. She focuses on helping clients improve attention and organization, reduce anxious patterns that interfere with school and daily life, and heal from stressful or overwhelming experiences. Her approach emphasizes building coping strategies, emotional regulation, and self-awareness so young people can thrive at home, in school, and in their relationships. Her clinical work commonly addresses anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD/trauma, with additional experience across a broad range of mental health concerns. Shana treats children, adolescents, and teens, and has experience working with individuals from adoption and foster care backgrounds, those on the autism spectrum, and LGBTQ+ youth, along with additional populations. She incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness-based strategies, and offers additional therapeutic approaches as needed to meet each client’s goals. Shana believes therapy works best as a collaborative process, helping clients develop insight while learning practical tools they can use every day. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, baking, and crocheting.