Shannon Amabile, LMFT

Shannon Amabile is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Los Angeles, California. As an LMFT, she is trained to address relationship and family systems as well as individual mental health concerns. Since 2015 she has focused on supporting creative professionals in the entertainment industry, helping them navigate the particular social and emotional challenges that arise within that culture.

Shannon works to help clients process the emotional impact of interacting with the entertainment environment so they can cultivate a more meaningful and joyful quality of life. Her practice emphasizes resolving interpersonal and personal struggles, healing from the lingering pain of those experiences, and building confidence and skills to face future challenges with greater resilience.

Her approach is solution-oriented and emphasizes behavioral interventions intended to bring relief as soon as possible. She draws from a curiosity-based, nonjudgmental stance, offering space for clients to tell their stories and feel truly heard. Central goals in her work include fostering hope, promoting self-trust through self-discovery and self-identification, and strengthening communication and mindfulness skills for moments of crisis.

Shannon has experience across educational, residential, corporate, and production-related settings, and provides therapy both in office and virtually. She supports people dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting and child-rearing concerns, grief and loss, long-term maintenance and recovery from addiction, trauma and abuse related to family of origin, and interpersonal and collaborative career relationship struggles.

The therapeutic methods she uses include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy, and she also incorporates Bowen Family Systems, Existential Therapy, and Trauma-Focused CBT as appropriate to each client's needs.