Shontay Blakeney, LMHC

Shontay Blakeney is a licensed mental health counselor with ten years of experience. She moved into therapy after a career change and now helps people facing relationship strain, grief, low self-esteem, and career transitions. She works from Florida and offers sessions in English, including for some international clients.

She has worked in independent practice, schools, and community agencies. That range of settings has shaped a straightforward style. Sessions focus on honest conversation, realistic steps, and building confidence to handle life changes.

Shontay aims to create a supportive, non-judgmental space where clients can talk through hard topics. She listens for patterns in relationships, attachment, and communication that affect daily life. Then she helps clients try new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Common concerns she addresses include abandonment, attachment issues, divorce and separation, and isolation or loneliness. She also helps with body image, guilt and shame, money and financial stress, and questions about life purpose and sexuality.

Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented. Clients can expect practical suggestions, clear feedback, and encouragement to practice new skills between sessions. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's Start Therapy flow and schedule according to availability.

How evidence-based approaches guide online therapy

Shontay uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide her work. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful relationship and attachment patterns and practicing new ways of interacting. This helps people who struggle with communication, abandonment fears, or repeating old dynamics.

Another approach centers on rebuilding self-esteem through small, achievable steps. That work breaks larger goals into manageable tasks and supports tracking progress, which can be useful for career changes, body image concerns, and feelings of shame or guilt.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist and client work together to decide which methods fit the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may mean trying different strategies until one feels useful.

If you plan to try online sessions, confirm which formats are offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It can also let people connect with a licensed professional in Florida even when they live elsewhere internationally, subject to the therapist's practice policies.