Shavonna Fitzgerald, LCSW
Licensed in New York · 10 years in practice
Shavonna Fitzgerald is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in New York.
License and registration
- LCSW, New York
- 093261 · expires February 2028
- NPI
- 1710373386 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
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About Shavonna
Shavonna Fitzgerald is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in New York. She focuses on building a genuine connection first, so people feel comfortable naming what they are facing. Her work is straightforward and grounded in real-life concerns like anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship stress.
Shavonna emphasizes a client-centered approach and tailors sessions to each person's needs. She offers clear tools from cognitive behavioral therapy when patterns and thinking get in the way.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people find motivation and calm in daily life. Her background includes work with survivors of domestic violence, substance use concerns, and forensic mental health. That experience informs how she approaches trauma, grief, and safety-related issues in treatment.
She aims to reduce overwhelm and make first steps feel manageable. Sessions are practical and paced to what the person needs that week. She helps people set realistic goals, practice small changes, and notice what is actually working.
Communication and respect for cultural background are parts of how she plans treatment. Shavonna believes change happens through steady work and small shifts. She supports people dealing with parenting strain, career transitions, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and intimacy or family-of-origin problems.
Her aim is for clients to leave feeling more able to handle life’s demands.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shavonna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shavonna names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It means sessions start with the client's priorities and move at a pace that feels right. This approach helps with relationship strain, grief, and self-esteem struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. It offers concrete exercises and experiments to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and addictions.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills that reduce reactivity and increase awareness of the present moment. It can help with stress, emotional regulation, and compassion fatigue.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the issue at hand. Plans can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video can mirror an in-person meeting for longer work, phone calls offer a lower-bandwidth option, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity during transitions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related family problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She uses clear techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, narrative work, and motivational interviewing to help people make changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience as a social worker in New York, including work with survivors of domestic violence, substance use, and forensic mental health.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in New York.
Can I meet with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are used?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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