Where Healing
Meets Heritage
We nourish collective healing and create sacred space for reflection, restoration, and connection.
Your Story Matters Counseling is more than a therapy practice—it is a culturally grounded space for healing, spiritual restoration, and ethical mental health care. Our work exists at the intersection of faith, cultural identity, and evidence-based psychotherapy, honoring the lived experiences of Black, African, immigrant, and diaspora communities.
As this practice grows, my vision is for this website to become more than a place to book services or attend trainings—it will also serve as a digital healing space. Over time, I hope to expand our offerings to include a resource library, client-friendly tools, spiritual wellness reflections, and culturally grounded healing guides.
Future offerings may include guided journaling prompts, audio reflections, and community storytelling spaces where wisdom and lived experience can be shared across the diaspora.
My hope is that Your Story Matters Counseling feels like a trusted companion in your healing journey—not just a clinic or training platform.
Thank you for supporting this vision and helping bring it to life.
Whether you are an individual seeking care, a professional pursuing growth, or an organization aiming to evolve—Your Story Matters Counseling is here to walk with you.
Explore our current and upcoming courses:
Offering live training sessions. Online classes will be available soon. Please contact us for pricing information.
Total CEU Hours Upon Completion: 30.0
Trainings are delivered via live webinars, on-demand modules, and agency-hosted sessions. CEU certificates are provided upon completion.
“Shannon is so warm, nonjudgemental and encouraging. Her empathy knows no bounds. She is both a skilled group facilitator and individual therapist.”
Sara Babbs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW