Shannan Blum is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, having obtained her degree in 1992. Since that time, she has specialized in treating couples, individuals & families dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, adverse life events and post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders and difficulties adjusting to life transitions. She is a Certified Clinical Anxiety Professional for Adults and Adolescents and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist, and has extensive experience working in the Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient/Private Practice settings doing individual, group and family therapy.
Shannan uses a strong foundation from CBT/DBT and Mentalization-based frameworks and blends these into a process and systems focus, incorporating Psychodynamic/Attachment theories and Emotion Focused Therapy techniques and paradigms as indicated. She is trained in EMDR and finds this an effective tool in assisting patients navigate the challenges of life.
Shannan is passionate about providing access to excellent patient care, supporting each patient and family in developing heathy coping skills, learning to identify and live within their value system in a congruent and authentic manner and knowing that they are not alone in their difficulties. Challenges happen-managing them with support & connection is key!
