About Shontay
Shontay Blakeney is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 10 years of professional experience. She moved into therapy after a career change and now focuses on helping people through relationship struggles, grief, self-esteem concerns, career changes, and life transitions. She describes her work as warm and non-judgmental.
Sessions are straightforward and practical. People are invited to talk about what feels hardest and to try small, concrete steps that can change day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Shontay has worked in independent practice, schools, and community agencies. That variety gives her experience with many kinds of life stress and practical problems. She draws on what has helped others in similar situations while tailoring suggestions to each person.
In sessions she listens for patterns around attachment, abandonment worries, and communication problems. She also addresses issues like body image, guilt and shame, and challenges with purpose or finances. Conversations aim to clarify what matters to the client and set manageable goals.
Her style is encouraging and direct. She helps people build confidence, sort through grief, and make clearer choices about relationships and work. Shontay supports clients as they try new behaviors and track what is or isn’t working.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Shontay uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One approach emphasizes identifying patterns in relationships and attachment - recognizing how early experiences show up in current partnerships and communication. This helps when dealing with abandonment worries, trust issues, or recurring conflict.Another approach centers on grief and loss work, helping people name what they have lost, process strong feelings, and find ways to carry forward. That work is useful for people sorting life transitions, divorce or separation, and midlife changes.
Therapy style and method are chosen together. She sees finding the right approach as a collaborative process and will adapt techniques to fit the client's goals, pace, and comfort. The first few sessions often include checking what feels most useful and adjusting plans as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections, or times when writing feels more natural. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English