About Shawn

Shawn is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in the state of Texas with a passion for providing high quality service to individuals struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. Shawn earned her Master’s of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Wayland Baptist University in 2009 and has worked diligently in the mental health field since that time. She has expertise in working with adults, adolescents, and couples with substance use, mood, anxiety, and personality disorders in various settings including residential, outpatient, and at University levels.

Shawn strives to create an atmosphere of trust and genuine regard for pain and suffering followed with therapeutic measures to rise from it. She believes in people’s ability to heal, with emphasis on healing through collaborative connectedness. “We were not meant to do all this alone, togetherness is pivotal.” She uses a multitude of modalities in her practice including 10+ years of experience utilizing CBT, existential, spirituality, and person-centered approaches to addressing personal life challenges. She believes in drawing from a multitude of modalities to customize specific needs of clients. Shawn recently completed CCATP training to provide additional expertise with people struggling with the debilitating effects of Anxiety Disorders. She is committed to helping people overcome addiction, depression, anxiety, and other issues that challenge and hinder our ability to embrace life.

Shawn joined the talented staff at The Last Resort Recovery Center in the Fall of 2019 and has tremendous gratitude for the opportunity to grow with this wonderful company. She fits right in with family atmosphere that TLR is built upon!