About Shawna Rathie Schultz

352-702-2106

Hi, I’m Shawna Rathie Schultz!

Providing healing, hope, and restoration to children, adolescents, and adults through giving them a safe space to process and express their thoughts and emotions.

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About Shawna

Caring Mental Health Counselor providing a wide variety of individual and familial counseling techniques and intervention strategies. Strong and experienced background in treating clients with self harm, suicide ideation, depression, anxiety, and eating disorders in children, adolescents, and adults.

Shawna Rathie Schultz, MS, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor #20345

Shawna’s Background

Shawna Rathie Schultz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the heart of Winter Garden. Having over 10 years of experience working with children and adolescents in different positions. I have worked with this population in counseling, school, and church settings. Her passion is working with children, adolescents, and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicidal ideation, guilt, shame, trauma, eating disorders, self-esteem issues, and chronic illness/pain. She always wants to know what the client’s needs are and how she can meet them so that we can reach their therapeutic goals. Therapy for her is a collaboration.

Shawna earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology with a minor in Youth Ministry from Southeastern University in 2015 and her Master’s of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2019. She grew up in the Clermont and Winter Garden area, she is familiar with the local schools and churches. Having overcome a difficult childhood and adolescence herself, one of her biggest passions is using her own story to aide others in their struggles, and comfort them in the knowledge that they are not alone. Helping others has always been a priority of hers. Shawna felt led to follow a career in counseling after God had placed the desire on her heart during her high school years.

Shawna’s Approach

Shawna takes a person-centered approach along with a Christian worldview with her clients and uses different modalities depending on the client’s needs. She has training in Play Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectal Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) and Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy

Who is Shawna?

When Shawna is not working she enjoys listening to music, spending quiet time at home, quality time with her friends and her Border Collie, Pavlov. She really enjoys going to concerts and listening to live music by her favorite bands. Shawna’s favorite thing to do is go to Disney World, she feels like Disney is a place she can let her inner child out. She is an Annual Passholder and tries to spend a lot of time enjoying the parks and what they have to offer. Shawna is also an avid Disney pin collector and trader, she has a large board full of pins and loves to go around Disney and pin trade.

Commonly Asked Questions

: I typically see people in the afternoon and evenings. My first appointment of the day is typically at 12:00 PM and see clients until 7:00 PM. I occasionally have a Saturday morning appointment as well.
: The session content and all relevant materials to the client’s treatment will be held confidential unless the client requests in writing to have all or portions of such content released to a specifically named person/persons. Limitations of such client held privilege of confidentiality exist and are itemized below:
If a client threatens or attempts to commit suicide or otherwise conducts him/her self in a manner in which there is a substantial risk of incurring serious bodily harm.
If a client threatens grave bodily harm or death to another person.
If the therapist has a reasonable suspicion that a client or other named victim is the perpetrator, observer of, or actual victim of physical, emotional or sexual abuse of children under the age of 18 years.
Suspicions as stated above in the case of an elderly person who may be subjected to these abuses.
If a court of law issues a legitimate subpoena for information stated on the subpoena.
If a client is in therapy or being treated by order of a court of law, or if information is obtained for the purpose of rendering an expert’s report to an attorney.
: My sessions are typically 50 minutes which is known as a “clinical hour.”
: The first session typically is about getting to know one another. We will go over the intake paperwork in more depth and create a treatment plan that will help you achieve your therapeutic goals.
: You can set up an appointment with me directly by either filling out my contact form, emailing me at shawna@shawnalmhc.com or calling or texting me at (352) 702-2106.
: Yes, we can meet via phone or video chat through a HIPAA compliant program.
: My standard rate is $150 per session. I do sliding scale based on financial need of the client. Payment that is accepted is cash, check, all major credit cards (Discover, MasterCard, Visa, and American Express. I also accept HSA and FSA cards.
: I am only private pay and I am not in network with any insurance companies. There is always a possibility that your insurance offers out of network coverage which will reimburse you a percentage of what you would paying.