- Focus on better rest
- Skills and routines
- Compassionate listening
About Shanteria
Shanteria Onyemem is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing sleep problems alongside stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She focuses on practical steps that can improve rest and daily functioning. Her tone is compassionate and culturally aware, and she emphasizes small changes that add up over time.
Her approach blends talking and skill-building. Sessions include exploring thoughts and feelings, noticing patterns that hurt sleep, and practicing concrete coping tools. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to shift unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to calm the body and mind before bed.
Shanteria also uses client-centered methods to shape sessions around each person’s goals. She listens for what matters most and adjusts the pace and focus to fit individual needs. Psychodynamic ideas are used when helpful to look at deeper patterns that affect relationships and rest.
Clients can expect short practical exercises between meetings and a focus on routines that support better sleep. The work aims to reduce nighttime worry, manage stress, and build predictable habits that make rest easier. Progress tends to come from steady practice rather than quick fixes.
With 15 years of experience, Shanteria brings long-term practical experience to complex issues like grief, addiction, and caregiver strain. She offers sessions in English and accepts people outside the U.S., and she asks prospective clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin the process.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around what matters most to the person. In practice this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, asks about goals for sleep and daily life, and tailors exercises to small real-world changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way of rest. It includes simple tools to interrupt nighttime worry, change unhelpful thinking, and build steady bedtime routines. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name feelings that affect relationships and intimacy, which can reduce stress that interferes with sleep.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful. That decision is based on the client’s needs, goals, and preferences rather than a fixed formula.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They let people try techniques in their everyday environment and bring what happens between sessions back into discussion for adjustments.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to sleep?
She helps people with sleeping problems alongside anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, and life changes. The focus is on reducing nighttime worry and improving routines that support sleep.
How would she describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions mix listening with skill-building, short exercises, and adjustments based on each person’s goals.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working with a range of emotional concerns and life stressors.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds an LPC license in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the U.S. can be considered for sessions.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.