Shantel Farrow

Shantel Farrow is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Oklahoma who helps people navigate anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps that can reduce stress and improve daily functioning. Shantel aims to create a calm, respectful environment where people can talk through hard feelings and make steady progress.

Her work often centers on relationship and attachment concerns, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem struggles. She draws on several therapeutic approaches to tailor sessions to each person's needs. That can mean focusing on present-day coping skills, looking at how past attachments shape current relationships, or addressing traumatic memories when needed.

Shantel has eight years of clinical experience and uses client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) features when learning new ways to cope with anxiety or mood shifts. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) may be part of trauma-focused work when appropriate.

She also supports issues like parenting stress, grief, addictions, body image, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. Shantel pays attention to how life events such as adoption, abandonment, or blended family dynamics affect emotions and behavior. Her approach combines clear strategies with attention to personal meaning and values.

People who choose her therapy can expect collaborative planning, straightforward feedback, and homework that fits real life. Prospective clients are encouraged to start with a short matching process to see if her style matches their needs.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work

Shantel uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds influence current relationships; this approach helps when trust, closeness, or patterns of relating cause distress. Client-Centered Therapy is also part of her work and focuses on listening, empathy, and building goals that matter to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used for skills-building to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide what methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or letting someone participate when leaving home is difficult. Therapists can adapt exercises, homework, and EMDR-informed techniques to work in remote sessions so therapeutic work continues between visits.