SOUTH HILLS, PA · TELEHEALTH STATEWIDE
Shannon Wyzkoski, LPC, GC-C
“Therapy is client driven. You set the goals; I help you get there.”
Shannon Wyzkoski is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the only grief-certified clinician at CPA Counseling, seeing clients at the South Hills office and by secure telehealth across Pennsylvania. With eighteen years across acute partial, intensive outpatient, school-based, and outpatient settings, she works with children, teens, adults, couples, and families on grief and loss, anxiety, postpartum, caregiver strain, eating concerns, and self-esteem.
WHO SHANNON WORKS WITH
Who she’s for
Shannon works across the full range — children from under twelve, teens, young adults, adults, couples, and families. Eighteen years across every level of care, which is unusual and shows in how quickly she reads a situation.
why work with Shannon
Every level of care, and the specialty nobody else has
Eighteen years across acute partial, school-based partial, intensive outpatient, school-based therapy, and outpatient. That range means Shannon can tell quickly whether what you need is in this room or somewhere else, and she will say so. It also means she knows the resources beyond the session.
HOW SHANNON WORKS
Eclectic by training, practical by design
Shannon describes her use of theory as eclectic — skill sets drawn from many models rather than loyalty to one. What stays constant is that you leave with something usable.
CONDITIONS TREATED
What Shannon treats – who Shannon sees
- Grief & Loss
- Anxiety
- Marriage & Couples
- Postpartum
- Women’s Mental Health
- LGBTQ+
- Caregiver Stress
- School / Academic
- Eating Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Anger Management
For grief
Grief certification — the only one in the practice
“Therapy must consist of skill building for success outside the office.”
CARE PHILOSOPHY
Client driven. And built on rapport.
Shannon is a firm believer in the right fit between therapist and client, and she puts real work into rapport before anything else. Her view is that trust is what makes it possible to process difficult thoughts, feelings, and behaviors at all — without it, sessions stay polite and nothing moves.
The room is open, honest, and relaxed, with a straightforward delivery. She is not going to talk around the thing you came in about, and she is not going to pretend a hard week was a good one.
Beyond exploring the symptoms, she is explicit that therapy has to include skill building for success outside the office. Eighteen years across community and private settings also mean she knows what exists beyond the session — and will point you toward it when that is what you actually need.
ABOUT SHANNON
Eighteen years, every level of care
Shannon Wyzkoski is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eighteen years of experience spanning acute partial, school-based partial, intensive outpatient, school-based therapy, and outpatient care. That range has given her a working knowledge of what each level is for — and the ability to assess quickly what a client actually needs.
She earned her master’s in counseling psychology from Chatham University and has worked in Pittsburgh throughout her career. She recently completed her grief certification, making her the only grief-certified clinician in the practice, pursued specifically because grief is a common concern that deserves a more specialized approach than general counseling provides.
Shannon works with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, and is confident treating a wide range of concerns across individual, family, and couples formats. She is a firm believer in building a strong foundation of rapport and trust, which she credits with creating the conditions to process difficult thoughts, feelings, and behaviors at all.
Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, relationship resolution therapy, and more. Beyond exploring symptoms, she believes therapy must include skill building for success outside the office.
Years in Practice
Licensed in PA since 2011
GC-C · Grief Certified
The only one in the practice
Personalized Care Plans
No program commitments required
CONDITION GUIDE
Therapy guides from Shannon Wyzkoski
Mental Health
The Same Hill, Two Experiences: Tandem Cycling & CBT
The same hill can feel completely different to two people riding it together — for one, speed means danger; for the other, speed means fun. That gap is a central idea in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): our emotions are shaped not only by what happens to us, but by how we interpret it. CBT helps us notice those automatic interpretations and respond with more balance. Christina Binder, LSW practices in Center City Philadelphia and by telehealth across Pennsylvania.
Relationships
What Actually Changes in Couples Therapy
Most couples arrive at therapy still hopeful — tired of the same argument and wanting it to stop, not deciding whether to leave. With me, a session isn’t two people venting while someone nods: I give feedback and hand over usable skills, using the Gottman Method to find the pattern underneath the conflict. Ashlie Mohney, LPC works with couples in Pittsburgh’s Robinson area and by telehealth across Pennsylvania.
Relationships
Codependency: When Caring for Someone Costs You Yourself
Codependency is a pattern — not a diagnosis — where your sense of self becomes tied to managing, pleasing, or rescuing someone else, and your own needs get filed under “later” permanently. It’s usually a skill that was learned somewhere and once kept you safe. Because it’s a pattern rather than a disorder, it can change. Kelly Schworn, LPC offers person-centered therapy in English and Spanish in Pittsburgh’s South Hills and across Pennsylvania.