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Dr. Shawna Haley, LCSW

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Shawna is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Shawna. View 42 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Florida

Recent reviews

Simply amazing . Insightful, warm, and intelligent.

Reviewed March 2024

I thank Dr Haley from the bottom of my heart as she got me through the toughest and some of the darker days in my life. I am better, happier and healthier because of her incredible support and guidance.

Reviewed March 2024

More about Shawna

  • 24 years' experience
  • Female
  • LCSW

Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Doctor in Counseling and Education. I am licensed in the state of Florida as a Clinical Social Worker. I have over 20 years experience in mental health counseling working in private practice, inpatient acute care hospital, and outpatient mental health clinic. My professional experience include working with individuals, groups, and families who are facing difficulties in life or coping with grief and loss. I have a specialty in women's issues specifically infertility issues and post-partum depression. In addition to this, I work with clients experiencing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, career challenges and more.

You will find me caring and compassionate with a focus on supporting you with your desired changes. My counseling approach is tailored to your unique situation as I am well trained in many therapeutic approaches including, Cognitive-Behavioral Approach, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution Focus Therapy. I am a great listener and will provide practical guidance based on your individual goals. I am here to partner with you to help you live your best and most meaningful life.

I know seeking support is not always easy but trust me, you are worth it and I am here to empower you and help you explore your greatest self. Allow me to help you through this next journey.

Activities that I enjoy are reading, meditation, yoga, walking, traveling, mindfulness, beach, and art.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Grief Depression Coping with life changes Family conflicts Parenting issues Self esteem Career difficulties Coaching Compassion fatigue Abandonment Adoption and foster care Blended family issues Caregiver issues and stress Codependency Commitment issues Communication problems Coping with natural or human-caused disaster Divorce and separation Family of origin issues Family problems Fatherhood issues Fertility issues Isolation / loneliness Life purpose Midlife crisis Multicultural concerns Postpartum depression Pregnancy and childbirth Self-love Women's issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Dr. Shawna Haley's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497900799.

  • LCSW · Florida · SW5712 · Expires March 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Dr. Shawna Haley

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

42 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Recommend Helping Grateful Helped Listens Amazing Warm Thank you Knowledgeable

Simply amazing . Insightful, warm, and intelligent.

Reviewed March 2024

I thank Dr Haley from the bottom of my heart as she got me through the toughest and some of the darker days in my life. I am better, happier and healthier because of her incredible support and guidance.

Reviewed March 2024

Dr. Haley is the best therapist I’ve ever had

Reviewed February 2024

Great like always

Reviewed January 2024

Dr. Haley has been very helpful, compassionate and professional. I’m beyond happy I found her!

Reviewed November 2023

I would like to say that Dr. Haley has been amazing from beginning to end of my time with her. She listened and understood what I needed. She gave me tools to help me along with my journey. I will never forget her !!!!

Reviewed September 2023

I haven’t known her long but our introduction was great and she is very warm and genuine. Looking forward to working with her more.

Reviewed September 2023

It’s been a great experience overall. I didn’t anticipate getting to the positive mindset I am now in in such a short time. Very grateful for Dr. Haley’s help.

Reviewed September 2023

Dr Hailey is the best

Reviewed July 2023

Dr. Haley is very friendly and listens intently to everything I said. She was very helpful in providing insights and new perspectives in helping me to better understand what is going to help me get through this.

Reviewed July 2023

Dr. Hayley is the gem that I so needed during this period of my life. She is so insightful, knowledgeable, compassionate yet keeps it 100% real as well. In the short time I have worked with her, I have made so much growth. I struck gold with Dr. Hayley. I highly recommend her.

Reviewed May 2023

Shawna has taught me how to manage my anxiety when it comes to difficulties in life with relationships. She is a great listener and knows how to provide the right feedback. Her support made a huge impact in my journey of improving my self worth and validation. I feel much more confident in managing my anxiety and shifting to a more positive mindset during difficult times.

Reviewed April 2023

She’s very kind and knowledgeable.

Reviewed February 2023

She has been a great therapist and I value her opinion in whatever the subject is about.

Reviewed April 2023

I highly recommend working with Dr. Haley. She is an excellent listener, she responds promptly to your messages and offers prompts for you to dig deeper in your own time. She is incredible present and helps you find your way towards solutions, next steps and healing. I am grateful for our sessions and would highly recommend Dr. Haley. Thank you!

Reviewed February 2023

I feel incredibly fortunate to have gotten to work with Dr. Haley for a year. She is an outstanding therapist, and I will forever be grateful for her wisdom and dedication in helping me understand the depth of my internal struggles and behaviours. She is tenacious, compassionate, and was very responsive. She is also very skilled at being able to deliver difficult truths (that I needed to hear) in a warm yet empowering way. I have learned so much about myself and the knowledge she imparted on me has been invaluable, and something I will never forget. Thanks to her guidance I feel empowered to cultivate the life I want. Thank you Dr. Haley!

Reviewed January 2023

Dr. Haley has been a blessing for me. I was struggling with something for quite a while, and with her help, I am at a lot better place now. She is very attentive, and very kind. Every week, the session with her was the only thing I would look forward to. I am glad we met.

Reviewed December 2022

I have been working with Dr. Haley for approximately 3 months. She is warm, respectful, listens intently and always makes you feel safe in the therapy space. She has a great capacity for remembering your issues and details from one session to the next and makes an effort to keep the sessions focused. It is probably too early to comment on the outcome of our work together, but already, she has helped me look at my current problems with new perspectives and compassion, and is helping me take the steps to build a stronger me and future. She responds quickly to any messages you may send her. I'm looking forward to seeing how our work together evolves. Thank you!

Reviewed December 2022

This is our first appointment and already I know she’ll be a good match for me. She hit me with some hard truths today about my life situation, and as much as I’ll need time to process what I know is true, I have to thank her for it.

Reviewed December 2022

Dr.Haley is very motivating

Reviewed November 2022

She's amazing, helped me a lot

Reviewed August 2022

Dr. Haley has been very professional and supportive. She’s a great listener and helps me align my thoughts and feelings. I am grateful for this experience and I’ve been given the patience to be well heard. I am absolutely comfortable confiding in Dr. Haley.

Reviewed August 2022

It’s still early in our therapeutic relationship, but I feel trust was established very quickly so that I am comfortable talking about anything! She understands my primary concerns and challenges me to look at the emotions that are going along with my actions. I think she’s great and look forward to working with her more! The video chats allow me to see that she has compassion and is truly listening.

Reviewed July 2022

Dr. Haley is great. She’s informative and knowledgeable. She really listen to how you feel and respond accordingly. Thank you.

Reviewed June 2022

Dr. Shawna is an excellent therapist. I value her expertise and liatening skills. I have felt connected and accompanied by her in my therapeutuc journey.

Reviewed June 2022

It is an honour to work with such a compassionate, talented, open minded and inspiring therapist. Dr. Haley's years of practice and education doesn't even begin to describe how gifted this woman is. 9 months ago I was a mess. I will forever be grateful for her energy, words, empathy, help and guidance.

Reviewed June 2022

Awesome work

Reviewed May 2022

Dr Haley is an excellent listener with a focused active engagement position.. She facilitates the right questions to help me arrive at decisions and own them.

Reviewed April 2022

So thankful that I have found Dr. Haley. This is the best decision I have made by choosing to have therapy. She is so patient and listens to everything I have to say. She has been helping me figure out why I do the things that I do and helping me make better choices. Also helped me heal from childhood and family issues.

Reviewed April 2022

Dr Haley has been amazing from the beginning of my journey with Better Help. She is patient and encouraging but not overly pushy. I started this journey is a dark place feeling lost in the world. It was great having someone neutral to speak to. I highly recommend Dr Haley as a therapist. She is phenomenal.

Reviewed February 2022

Dr. Haley has literally transformed by life in the space of 1 session. I have never had therapy before so I did not know what to expect but she has been so amazing through this process. She is non judgemental, a good listener and offers practical steps. I will definitely continue to see her.

Reviewed December 2021

Dr. Haley is awesome. She listens attentively and creates a warm no judgement environment. I followed her advice after my first therapy session and started seeing results immediately. She’s awesome!

Reviewed December 2021

Dr. Haley's experience, impeccable knowledge, kindness and endless empathy, makes your pathway towards growth much more stable and way less scary. I have tried more therapists than I could count, but Dr. Haley is honestly a blessing. I can't recommend her highly enough.

Reviewed November 2021

Finding Dr. Haley has been a God send. She is incredibly easy to talk to, has great information and practical ways of helping. I look forward to all that is to come!

Reviewed November 2021

I've been with Dr. Haley for about 5 sessions so far and for me it's been quite life changing starting therapy for the first time ever and feeling really grateful I got to connect with a very patient and compassionate therapist. She has given me skills and knowledge to apply each session and I really enjoy each session!

Reviewed November 2021

I have been so pleased with my experience with Dr. Haley! She seems like the perfect fit for me and my needs. She listens, offers sound advice and insight, and provides practical tools that I can reasonably implement. She helped me to determine which things I need to tackle first, which I needed to not feel overwhelmed. I’m so happy to have found Dr. Haley and BetterHelp.

Reviewed September 2021

Dr Haley is great. She listens to my goals and concerns for areas I wanted to improve in and we’ve been able to develop strategies together. She follows up with reminders of how to practice those strategies in day to day interactions. I appreciate the empowerment that Dr Haley has made me feel and it’s given me the confidence and tools I need to address the areas I first started this process, of counseling, for. Highly recommend working with Dr Haley!

Reviewed July 2021

Thank you Dr Haley for opening up my eyes and giving me the right amount of structure and support I needed. I might return to you again in the future if needed but hopefully I wouldn't need to.

Reviewed June 2021

I really enjoy working with Dr Haley. She is knowledgeable and kind and makes it so easy to share things with her.

Reviewed June 2021

My sessions have been fantastic in giving me the tools I need and the space to reflect, I cannot recommend Dr Haley enough.

Reviewed May 2021

Dr. Haley is great! She helped me work through some unresolved issues from past relationships by helping me put things into perspective. I finally got to the bottom of issues I had been dealing with for months in less than an hour. I can’t thank Dr. Haley enough for her help!

Reviewed May 2021

I had my first session scheduled several days in advance with Dr. Haley. She did not show up for our session which is very disappointing and did not help my emotional state. I would hope that the doctors on here or anywhere would be professional and come to the scheduled appointments.

Reviewed May 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Dr. Shawna Haley offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Dr. Shawna Haley works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Dr. Shawna Haley speak?

Dr. Shawna Haley speaks English.

How many years of experience does Dr. Shawna Haley have?

Dr. Shawna Haley has 24 years of experience.

Where is Dr. Shawna Haley licensed to practice?

Dr. Shawna Haley is licensed to practice in Florida.

Does Dr. Shawna Haley accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Dr. Shawna Haley accepts clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Dr. Shawna Haley offer?

Dr. Shawna Haley offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Dr. Shawna Haley?

Dr. Shawna Haley can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Dr. Shawna Haley?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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