Cognitive Behavioral Therapist & Author

Jennifer Shannon is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety. She has worked with children, teens and adults since 1985. Originally trained as a psychodynamic or “talk” therapist, she noted that while her clients felt better, she still sought more lasting and permanent change for them. Then she attended a UC Berkeley course taught by her first mentor, Michael Tompkins Ph.D. on evidence based treatment through CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Consistently Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, or CBT was found to be the most effective treatment for the most common disorders such as anxiety and depression. Jennifer began to avidly study CBT going to workshops, reading books and consulting with masters in the field, including Michael Tompkins, PhD, Christine Padesky, Ph.D. and Jacqueline Persons, Ph.D. Practicing CBT has been the most rewarding work Jennifer has ever done professionally.

Jennifer Shannon is the author of Don’t Feed The Monkey Mind, The Anxiety Survival Guide For Teens, The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook for Teens, and A Teens Guide to Getting Stuff Done on procrastination published by New Harbinger Press. Upcoming in August of 2020 is her new book “The Monkey Mind Workout for Uncertainty: Break Free from Anxiety & Build Resilience in 30 days.   She speaks regularly at local and national conferences and has been featured on numerous radio shows, podcasts and news media.  

She is a Certified Diplomat of The Academy of Cognitive Therapy , a graduate of the Behavioral Therapy Training Institute for OCD and  a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and the International OCD Foundation.

For more information visit: JenniferShannon.com