Shannon coaches children, adolescents, young adults, and their families to better navigate and thrive in today’s hectic and challenging world.

She utilizes play therapy, art therapy, talk therapy, and – when appropriate – dog therapy in her sessions to help her clients understand barriers and stressors in their lives and equip them with tools and resources to combat and overcome toxic stress and anxiety.

An Indianapolis Colts initiative, Kicking the Stigma, launched in 2020, helps players embrace mental health.

“A lot of people feel as if you have to be in crisis mode to be experiencing mental health,” said Kalen Jackson, a member of the Colts’ leadership team.

“But mental health is health. If you are alive, you are experiencing mental health.”

He’s a dog.

An important dog. So important, we named our practice after him. A natural “therapy dog” Payton is part Sheltie.

Sheltie dogs have a natural protective instinct.

Payton’s natural instinct is to protect "his" people. He wants them to be safe. He wants them to know he has their back.