Shayna Pannuzzo

Shayna Pannuzzo is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey who uses practical, skill-based approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. She emphasizes collaboration and respects each person's knowledge of their own life. Shayna encourages small, achievable steps toward clearer goals and more satisfying days.

With six years of clinical work, Shayna has spent substantial time supporting people who are neurodivergent or who have developmental disabilities or intellectual and developmental diagnoses. She also helps with mood challenges, attention differences, and the frustration that comes from feeling isolated or misunderstood.

Her sessions tend to focus on building concrete skills. That might mean practicing new ways to handle strong emotions, trying short mindfulness exercises, or learning techniques to shift unhelpful thinking patterns. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness in ways that are easy to use between sessions.

Shayna also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, and relationship tension by helping clients name the patterns that cause strain and by practicing small changes. She works with concerns like obsessive thoughts, panic, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue in straightforward, stepwise ways.

If you want a counselor who values your expertise about your life and focuses on practical tools, Shayna offers a supportive, down-to-earth approach. To begin, follow the platform steps to match and schedule a session.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Shayna commonly draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to structure sessions. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns that increase isolation. DBT emphasizes building emotional regulation and interpersonal skills through concrete practices and short exercises that can be used in daily life.

She also integrates mindfulness techniques to teach simple attention and grounding practices that reduce overwhelm. Together these approaches are used collaboratively - the therapist and client decide which tools fit the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That decision happens openly over the first few meetings and can change as needs shift.

The online setting can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing sessions during a lunch break. The original biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online work useful for learning skills, checking progress between sessions, and keeping therapy consistent when schedules are tight.