Supriya Shanti , LCSW, LICSW

Supriya Shanti is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 15 years of professional experience. She holds licensure across New England and practices from Vermont, bringing a background in clinical social work that supports work with individuals facing stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties, grief, and trauma. The LCSW and LICSW credentials indicate advanced training and the ability to provide clinical social work services and psychotherapy.

Her practice emphasizes practical coping skills and mindset strategies, including short-term work framed around skill-building and symptom management when appropriate. She specializes in supporting LGBTQIA+ people and addresses a broad range of concerns such as self-esteem, life transitions, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and caregiver stress. Additional focus areas include attachment and family-of-origin issues, codependency, communication challenges, and end-of-life and hospice support.

Supriya uses a heart-centered, collaborative stance to create an open environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored without judgment. She aims to help people develop effective tools, strengthen confidence in self-care, and move toward a more satisfying life, meeting each person where they are and tailoring strategies to individual needs.

Approaches in Online Care and How They Help

Supriya draws on acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based therapy, and mindfulness practices to guide online work. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and supports taking meaningful action aligned with personal values - it is useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns that interfere with life goals. Attachment-based therapy explores relational patterns formed in early relationships to improve connection, boundaries, and emotional regulation, which can be especially helpful for abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship challenges. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience, offering tools for managing stress, sleep difficulties, and emotional reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Supriya works collaboratively to identify which methods best match each person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time based on progress and client feedback so therapy remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy with a licensed professional can offer greater flexibility in scheduling and access to care. Options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging allow people to engage in therapy from home or other convenient locations, which can make it easier to maintain consistent support while managing work, family, and other commitments.