Shanti Turner

Shanti Turner is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and challenges around self‑esteem. She also helps with life changes, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to trauma and abuse.

Shanti views clients as the experts in their own stories. She listens for strengths and practical steps people can try. Sessions focus on clear goals and small experiments that can change daily routines. She uses straightforward talk rather than jargon so people can decide what feels useful.

Her approach draws on Client‑Centered Therapy to follow the client’s concerns and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors. Motivational Interviewing is used to support people weighing change and to strengthen commitment to steps they choose. These methods are used together to address mood, career doubts, and life purpose questions.

Shanti has worked across settings for a decade, helping people manage overwhelm and rebuild routines after big life events. She commonly addresses attachment and abandonment worries, body image and communication problems, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Therapy sessions include practical strategies for handling urges, impulsivity, hoarding tendencies, and money stress.

People usually come with one or two priorities such as improving mood, sorting a career decision, or clarifying life purpose. Shanti focuses on what can be tried between meetings, then reviews what worked and what didn’t in the next session.

How Shanti blends talk and skills online

Shanti uses Client‑Centered Therapy to listen closely and let the person set the main agenda. This approach focuses on understanding what matters most to the client and following their priorities in session.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going. With CBT she works on manageable experiments and simple exercises people can try between appointments to test new ways of thinking and acting.

Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel torn about change. It is a conversational style that helps weigh options and strengthen motivation for the next step rather than pushing a plan onto someone.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Shanti discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods so sessions focus on what is most helpful. She treats choosing an approach as a collaborative decision rather than a fixed prescription.

Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check‑in meetings when needed, and remove the need to travel to an office. A therapist can also suggest ways to practice new skills in everyday settings so therapy fits into regular life.