Welcome to Couples Coaching 

Shannon enlisted into the United States Navy at the age of 18.  After serving in the Navy she received her Bachelors in Social Psychology, her Masters in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy and Licensed Professional Counseling, and has a Doctorate of Marriage, Family, and Child Therapy. 

Trained and Certified: 

• Emotional Focused Couple’s Therapist (EFCT)

• Certified Marriage Mentor

• Saving.Your.Marriage.Before.It.Starts. (SYMBIS) Assessment Facilitator

• Prepare and Enrich Assessment Facilitator 

• Certified as a Divorce Mediator.

Work history past and present:

• CEO and Lead Therapist of Legacy Life Counseling & Consulting based out of San Diego.

• Program Manager for a large Community Counseling Center for the military

• Family Advocacy Program Clinical Counselor for the military community

• Women’s Facilitator for Mighty Oaks Warrior Program

• Embedded Behavioral Health Prevention Specialist for the military

• Resiliency Trainer for UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior

• Youth/ Teen Ministry Director

• Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Victim Advocate

• Juvenile Probation and Court Counselor

• Mobile Adolescent Service Team Therapist

Shannon has an extensive background working in trauma, suicide prevention and post-vention efforts, intimate partner violence, alcohol and drug misuse education. 

Shannon’s hope is to provide a safe space to help others learn healthy ways to be a Legacy Changer.