About Shano
Dr. Shano Palovich Rodgers welcomes people who are managing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
She presents a calm, straightforward style and focuses on each person's strengths and goals. Dr.
Rodgers emphasizes a trusting relationship where clients can speak honestly and work at their own pace. She has 18 years of experience and practices in California as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Her background includes long-term work in child welfare, including adoption and foster care settings, and experience addressing workplace stress and first responder issues. In sessions she combines practical strategies with listening and reflection.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches to reframe problems and set clear, manageable goals.
Dr. Rodgers often helps people dealing with compassion fatigue, hospice and end-of-life concerns, bipolar and depression, and major life changes.
She supports parents facing intense behavior and parenting strain, and she works with issues related to ADHD and self-esteem. Her way of working is collaborative.
She partners with people to build plans that match their day-to-day lives and realistic steps for change. The focus is on practical tools, clearer thinking, and steady progress over time.
How specific approaches work online
Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and working through traumatic events. It aims to reduce the ongoing impact of trauma by using paced, evidence-based techniques to help people manage strong emotions and memories.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily struggles because it offers clear exercises and homework to try between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck or unsure about change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to build motivation and clarify what matters most, which can help with career shifts, managing health, or making parenting changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That process may include trying one approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on progress and comfort.
Online formats make this collaborative work easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick problem solving, or ongoing support between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English