Shayna Schaefer, LCSW

Shayna Schaefer is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience. She focuses on helping people build self-love, improve communication, and manage big life transitions. She brings a calm, down-to-earth approach to sessions and speaks English and Spanish.

Shayna works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, parenting strain, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and the pressures that come with midlife change. Her practice includes attention to adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, body image, and blended family matters.

Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens carefully, helps clients name what matters to them, and uses practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, setting boundaries, and rebuilding self-esteem.

Shayna draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work to identify thoughts that feed distress. Mindfulness and acceptance ideas help people stay present and act on chosen values. Psychodynamic and existential perspectives guide deeper conversations about meaning and life direction.

People looking to start are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability. Shayna practices in Delaware as a DE LCSW and offers services in English and Spanish.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Shayna often integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for midlife decisions and coping with chronic stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Shayna will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and then try methods that fit. She adapts techniques over time based on what helps the person make steady progress toward clearer priorities and better daily functioning.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session feels like too much. Licensed professionals can use remote work to keep momentum between in-person meetings or to reach people who live farther away, while keeping scheduling practical for work, caregiving, and daily routines.