Shawna Rhymes-Danielson, LMFT

Shawna Rhymes-Danielson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, and major life transitions. Her approach centers on hearing each person’s story and helping them find clearer choices in daily life.

Clients can expect straightforward conversations about parenting struggles, relationship tension, and low self-esteem. She also helps people facing compassion fatigue, addiction concerns, and the emotional ripple effects of trauma and abuse. Work often involves identifying small, manageable steps to reduce overwhelm and improve functioning.

Her background includes methods that emphasize present-moment acceptance and learning new ways to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings. Shawna draws on attachment ideas to address trust and connection issues, and she uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices are woven in to build calm and focus.

Sessions are aimed at making changes that fit into everyday life, such as improving communication, setting healthier boundaries, or finding motivation after a big loss. She also supports people handling family stress related to adoption, blended households, caregiving, chronic illness, or separation.

Shawna keeps things warm and nonjudgmental while helping clients set clear goals. She asks practical questions, suggests doable experiments, and checks in on progress so people can see what works for them.

Approaches that translate to online support

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life changes where values feel unclear.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connection patterns affect current relationships and trust. It helps people who struggle with commitment, abandonment fears, or repeating painful relationship patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Shawna will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Choices are revisited as progress happens, so the plan can shift when something isn’t helping.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let someone join from a quieter location without commuting. Therapists use these options to help maintain continuity of care and to support steady progress toward goals.