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Shonda Hart-Wright, LMHC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Shonda is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Shonda. View 67 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in Florida

Recent reviews

“You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words”. by: Frank A. Clark She listens, understands and leaves you in thought, a different perspective! I’ll keep coming back as long as I can.

Reviewed November 2024

She is very honest with you. She opens your eyes to the truth about your problems. As long as you’re honest and open with her, she can help

Reviewed September 2024

More about Shonda

  • 20 years' experience
  • Female
  • LMHC

I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Florida with over 15 years of experience working in various institutions. I have worked with clients with a wide range of mental health concerns, to include; Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD. I also have experience working with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and socioeconomic status.

I provide reality based counseling with warmth and support. I believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. My approach combines reality therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and solution focused therapy. My focus is client centered.

You are the most important person in this process called change. If you are willing, I will support and empower you every step of the way. I look forward to our encounter.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Anger management Self esteem Depression Addictions Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Grief Parenting issues Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes ADHD Abandonment Blended family issues Caregiver issues and stress Communication problems Control issues Family problems Forgiveness Impulsivity Isolation / loneliness Life purpose Midlife crisis Money and financial issues Mood disorders Prejudice and discrimination Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Self-love Women's issues Workplace issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Solution-Focused Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Shonda Hart-Wright's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033734389.

  • LMHC · Florida · MH9799 · Expires March 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Shonda Hart-Wright

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

67 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Amazing Listens Recommend Excellent Comfortable Professional Helped Easy Thankful

“You can suffocate a thought by expressing it with too many words”. by: Frank A. Clark She listens, understands and leaves you in thought, a different perspective! I’ll keep coming back as long as I can.

Reviewed November 2024

She is very honest with you. She opens your eyes to the truth about your problems. As long as you’re honest and open with her, she can help

Reviewed September 2024

She is excellent!

Reviewed August 2024

Shonda continually leaves me feeling heard and also with useful tools to put into place and alternative viewpoints to my issues I’m navigating through.

Reviewed July 2024

She is amazing! After many failed therapists, I found her and never looked back.

Reviewed June 2024

She’s amazing it’s hard to keep up with the kids home during summer but she’s awesome

Reviewed June 2024

Shonda is absolutely amazing. She has made therapy so easy and comforting. She listens to me and gives me tips on how to be better. I truly appreciate her expertise.

Reviewed May 2024

Ms.Shonda is a blessing!

Reviewed April 2024

Shonda has really helped me grow into a person I can be proud of. Of course there's always things I can work on but progress is progress :)

Reviewed February 2024

Amazing!

Reviewed February 2024

She is an excellent therapist who has a great skill set. A very good listener and always gives me useful resources and homework. I have made a lot of progress working with her.

Reviewed January 2024

She is very honest and up front . I have truly developed better life habits because of her :)

Reviewed January 2024

Shonda is truly amazing!

Reviewed December 2023

Feeling so much lighter after my sessions w Shonda :) sometimes you don’t want to burden friends and she’s a great person to listen to you. Thank you

Reviewed November 2023

She is a wonderful counselor and therapist

Reviewed November 2023

Shonda made my first experience of counselling very positive. She listened to my concerns and gave me multiple options of how to respond to my situations. I appreciate the questions Shonda asked and her way of pressing for answers, knowing that I needed to search myself a little deeper. Shonda is charismatic, I instantly felt comfortable talking to her. She really spoke to my visual brain with great metaphors and verbal illustrations.

Reviewed August 2023

Shonda has been helping me over the last year and it has really been helpful to me !

Reviewed July 2023

I absolutely love Shonda! She’s so wonderful! She’s loving, comforting and most importantly supportive. She will tell you what you need to hear without sugar coating anything. Offers amazing advice while still providing the ear to listen closely! She genuinely wants the best for you and is willing to help you get there!

Reviewed July 2023

Shonda is amazing. I have nothing but great things to say about her.

Reviewed July 2023

I’ve never been in therapy before. Shonda really made me feel comfortable and had a lot of really good advice. Her personality made this experience great! I definitely recommend her :)

Reviewed April 2023

Excellent therapist wonderful at helping me to deal with issues I am struggling with.

Reviewed April 2023

Shonda has really helped me where I never thought I could be.

Reviewed March 2023

My first time doing therapy, and I have been so lucky to find Shonda. She is kind, but doesn't sugar coat things. She's understanding, but also is able to make you see things from another perspective. She's easy to talk to, and gives suggestions as to how to deal with a problem. After 3 months I can see real changes in my life, and those have helped me with both my personal and professional relationships. I highly recommend Shonda Hart!

Reviewed March 2023

Shonda understands me better than I understand myself, very punctual, always willing to listen and comes up with very unique ways to help me figure myself out.

Reviewed April 2023

Great human being! She is the best!

Reviewed February 2023

She is fantastic in the short time i have spoken with her.

Reviewed December 2022

I always feel really comfortable sharing with Shonda and she always gives me a new perspective to look at things and reframes the way I think, I've found sessions with her tremendously helpful :)

Reviewed December 2022

She's an excellent therapist. Shonda has counciled me for a year and half and I've grown so much emotionally and mentally from her guidance.

Reviewed November 2022

Shonda listens to me and takes from her training and experience to give me personalized advice. This helps me analyze my thoughts. She also offers support through chat and that helps me as it is help between sessions when I might need help.

Reviewed November 2022

She is a great professional and human!

Reviewed November 2022

Shonda is such an empathetic, knowledgeable, and professional therapist! I love how she is able to diagnose the problem and then provide new thought frameworks and behaviors for approaching it. She then does a great job of checking up on the progress made regarding a thought or behavior pattern. I highly recommend Shona!

Reviewed November 2022

Shonda has a way of understanding even when I feel like I don’t make any sense. Her advice has changed my life for the better.

Reviewed September 2022

Miss Shonda So Far Has Been Very Good To Me, I Do Feel As If She Is Concerned About my well Being and My Progress with Seeking Therapy. She is very Hands on and For my first time taking Therapy I am very thankful I was Blessed with her as A Therapist .

Reviewed August 2022

Shonda is everything a first-timer could hope for in a therapist. She is disarmingly straight-forward and offers her listening ear and insightful advice in every session.

Reviewed August 2022

Shonda has really been a great help for me. She helps me understand what is going on with my thoughts and is very open and honest. She is very accommodating with my busy schedule, and she truly understands the importance of self care and mental health. I greatly appreciate her guidance!

Reviewed July 2022

Overall Excellent therapist. Have definitely experienced huge improvements in my life since I started therapy almost a year ago. She's always checking on you and asking about your well being at sessions and between sessions.

Reviewed June 2022

Therapist tells it like it is and was extremely helpful to clear up things for me.

Reviewed May 2022

Shonda is kind, genuine, compassionate, and professional. I appreciate her skill set and approaches. I am grateful that she is my therapist and that she holds me accountable in ways that are best tailored to my wellness journey. I enjoy sharing my thoughts with Shonda as she creates a safe and nonjudgmental space. I am also thankful she provides me with worksheets/information as well as encourages me to participate in groups.

Reviewed May 2022

Shonda has been amazing and I can’t wait to continue to improve myself with her guidance

Reviewed May 2022

Gréât

Reviewed May 2022

I feel very comfortable with Shonda, she has given me so many tools that help me every single day. I am very glad to have signed up for this service and been matched with her.

Reviewed April 2022

First time in getting help, I didn't know what to expect. I was afraid there would be a lot of head nodding and "and how does this make you feel". I don't like these kinds of situations, I prefer a more interactive to and fro. Shonda is amazing, interactive, listens and offers advice. She is uplifting and you feel like your talking to someone who truely cares. I am blessed that she is my therapist.

Reviewed March 2022

Great understanding of my concerns.

Reviewed March 2022

Shonda is amazing! She's very friendly and really does it right with using the right worksheets and setting the right expectations with you. She is very easy to talk with and will for sure help you out.

Reviewed March 2022

Shonda has been amazing, ive only had a few sessions with her but I already feel comfortable talking to her about problems wich is something I struggle with doing. Shonda has such a nice and welcoming personality so it's easy to get along with her and makes me feel at ease, especially as I was very nervouse coming into this.

Reviewed January 2022

Talking to Shonda always feels like a warm embrace from a close aunt or mom, she listens with heart and lets you vent but at the same time she will reel you back and keep you grounded so you won't get lost in your emotional spiral.

Reviewed December 2021

Shonda is a wonderful therapist. She is a great listener and gives great feedback. She takes excellent notes from every session and always checks on you in between sessions.

Reviewed December 2021

Shonda listens and guides to find the answers within me and gives me practical tools to deal with whatever it is I am going through. Highly recommend, plus she makes the sessions feel like talking to a friend

Reviewed December 2021

Great human being and professional....she listens and offers a new and fresh perspective into your life stressors and how to deal with them.

Reviewed December 2021

Had my first session with Shonda and already I’m feeling happy with the support I’ve received. I feel extremely comfortable with her! would recommend to anyone.

Reviewed November 2021

Shonda is very upbeat and brings fun to her practice. She has a lot of wisdom and experience too. I would definitely recommend Shonda.

Reviewed November 2021

Shonda is a great consultant. Her cheerful personality make the consultation session very relax and I really enjoy talking with her, and share my problem with her. She always share me a lot of tools to cope with my anxiety and I think is really work for me. Thanks Shonda!

Reviewed November 2021

Shonda is a very professional person. Her knowledge and pleasant personality are tools to break up the ice and solve her clients problems. Keep up the positivity Shonda

Reviewed November 2021

Ms Shonda! When I first decided to join Better Help - I thought to myself I really hope I get someone who understands me. Who gets my language. She really does. Not only does she get me, but she has reminded me that the tools have always been inside me - she helped me awaken those tools. She never judges me, she listens intently & gives me space - space to figure it out. I'm incredibly thankful to have her in my life.

Reviewed November 2021

Shonda has been fantastic at facilitating a new perspective and has ultimately changed my perception of my day-to-day habits, work and emotions. I trust her completely and appreciate her delivery and communication style. I would recommend to all.

Reviewed November 2021

Shonda is really amazing with helping me to come up with solutions for a positive result in self growth!

Reviewed September 2021

Great therapist and mentor. I am blessed

Reviewed September 2021

I look forward to speaking with Ms. Shonda every week! After my sessions with her, I always leave feeling empowered and confident that I can get through all my situations. She helps me realize different things about myself and helps me to analyze things from different views. She is truly amazing and I am so thankful for her.

Reviewed September 2021

Excellent counselor.

Reviewed September 2021

Shonda’s caring and honest approach during sessions helped me gain a healthy perspective on many things about myself that I didn’t fully understand. The exercises and assignments also helped me get a grasp on how I could move forward and change the things I needed to change.

Reviewed August 2021

I find Shonda to be observant, thoughtful, respectful, honest, and kind as a counselor; varied in experience and also able to continuously learn through our conversations. My reason for seeking counseling is quite specific and unique, with multiple mental conditions and gymnastics at play, causing me to be hesitant to even seek counseling to begin with but BetterHelp matched me perfectly it seems and Shonda has showed up even above and beyond what feels like would suffice for the average seeker. I am extremely grateful for having found Shonda; I believe when we are going through a hard time, the way we walk through the hard time can either be medicine or poison for our future. In only a couple of sessions I already feel heard, felt, and seen by Shonda as well as on my way through this challenging moment where, with Shonda's help, this moment can be medicine that turns the grime into gold. Thank you Shonda and BetterHelp. I highly recommend Shonda.

Reviewed August 2021

Shonda is an excellent counselor. She's a great listener and gives great feedback. She's very relatable and has a calming spirit which makes it easy to talk about my problems.

Reviewed August 2021

I had bad experiences with other therapists before and I almost gave up. Shonda changed my mind and I feel very comfortable talking to her and I feel very cared. Therapy day is my favorite day of the week!

Reviewed August 2021

Great professional, lister, and counselor. Would recommend her to anyone that needs support and a fresh perspective to life's challenges.

Reviewed August 2021

Ms. Shonda Hart has been very responsive to me. She listens to my concerns, addresses them, and follows up after

Reviewed August 2021

Shonda has been a blessing, she listened to my troubles with no judgement and always made sure to send me an actionable follow up (either through practices or worksheets) post session so the lessons discussed won't go to waste.

Reviewed August 2021

Talking with Shonda is like talking to a knowledgable and skilled sister. Remembering her counsel I think I will move forward in a more heartfelt way.

Reviewed July 2021

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Frequently asked questions

Does Shonda Hart-Wright offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Shonda Hart-Wright works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Shonda Hart-Wright speak?

Shonda Hart-Wright speaks English.

How many years of experience does Shonda Hart-Wright have?

Shonda Hart-Wright has 20 years of experience.

Where is Shonda Hart-Wright licensed to practice?

Shonda Hart-Wright is licensed to practice in Florida.

Does Shonda Hart-Wright accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Shonda Hart-Wright accepts clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Shonda Hart-Wright offer?

Shonda Hart-Wright offers clients Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Shonda Hart-Wright?

Shonda Hart-Wright can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Shonda Hart-Wright?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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