Dr. Shannon Derby, LMHC
Florida · 25 years in practice
Dr. Shannon Derby helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH17175 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1962365940 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Shannon
Dr. Shannon Derby helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses grief, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, career concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience and a practical approach to care. Her work is straightforward and respectful. Sessions focus on clear goals and usable skills rather than jargon.
Background and approach
She listens first, then shapes a plan that fits each person's situation and priorities. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes. Dr.
Derby draws on multiple methods to match the need in the room. She uses system-focused ideas to see how relationships and environments affect problems. She also applies acceptance and commitment techniques and attachment-based thinking to help people manage feelings and rebuild trust in themselves and others.
Therapy tends to include concrete exercises, real-life practice, and short-term coaching between sessions. Conversations cover what is happening now and what small changes might help day to day. Homework or skill-building tasks are offered when useful to strengthen progress.
People who work with her can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space and practical steps toward clearer coping and decision-making. She tailors pace and focus to each person’s needs and helps them track what does and does not work.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shannon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shannon names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Derby commonly blends Systemic Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. Systemic Therapy looks at how relationships and life systems influence a person’s struggles and helps identify practical changes in those patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while taking values-based actions to move forward.She approaches treatment collaboratively. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the direction together until they find what fits. That process helps decide which approach or combination of approaches will be most useful for a person’s goals.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and messaging or live chat work well for short check-ins and ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Dr. Derby address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, low self-esteem, parenting strain, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, career transitions, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and respectful. She listens, sets clear goals, and uses exercises and coaching to help people try small changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of professional work experience to her practice, offering long-term perspective on common life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and practices from Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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