Shannon Hanrahan, LSW

About Me

Shannon Hanrahan, LSW is a compassionate and client-centered therapist with experience providing individual, family, and group therapy to children, adolescents, young adults, and families. She has worked across outpatient and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) settings, supporting clients with a range of mental health, behavioral, family, and co-occurring substance use concerns and well as crisis stabilization.

Her areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, mood disorders, emotional dysregulation, behavioral challenges, trauma, life transitions, self-esteem, family conflict, and co-occurring mental health and substance use concerns. She is particularly passionate about helping young people strengthen emotional regulation, develop healthier coping strategies, improve communication and relationships, and build confidence in navigating life's challenges.

What is Your Therapeutic Approach?

Shannon works with children ages 5+, adolescents, and young adults, alongside their families when appropriate. Her approach is collaborative, strengths-based, and tailored to each client's individual needs, developmental level, and goals. She believes therapy should provide clients with a supportive space to better understand themselves while also developing practical skills they can use in their everyday lives.

Shannon integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Family Systems Theory, Motivational Interviewing, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care into her work. In sessions, she helps clients identify connections between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors; recognize and challenge unhelpful thought patterns; and develop practical coping, emotional regulation, and distress tolerance skills. She also incorporates work around healthy boundaries, communication, self-care, and interpersonal relationships.

When working with children and adolescents, Shannon incorporates developmentally appropriate activities, interactive exercises, and skills practice to make therapy approachable and engaging. She also values family involvement when appropriate and works with families to strengthen communication, understand relationship patterns, establish healthier boundaries, and support lasting change outside of the therapy room.

Education

• Master of Social Work, Mental Health, Trauma, and Substance Use
  University of Denver

• Licensure

  • Licensed Social Worker (LSW), New Jersey

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C), Maryland