Shannon Dow
Registered Social Worker -
Welcome to Panacea Mental Wellness Practices facilitated by Shannon Dow, RSW, BSW, MSW, CCTSI.
Shannon is a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (Individual Level) and a Registered Social Worker in Ontario, holding both a Bachelor and Master Degree in clinical Social Work. Since 2017, Shannon has been working in the Windsor-Essex community providing micro and macro level social services and clinical counselling among various community agencies ranging from residential and outpatient mental health and addictions treatment centres, domestic violence and emergency shelter services for women and families, youth criminal justice services, short-term and long-term community therapy and crisis counselling, and somatic relaxation light and sound therapy services to name a few.
Shannon provides residents of Ontario with in-person and virtual mental health and holistic services such as traditional talk therapy, walk and talk counselling, consultation and coaching, and group seminar facilitation. Shannon also provides somatic sound and light relaxation therapy services through the Harmonic Egg Chambers at New Earth Wellness Centre. Shannon offers a unique approach to healing consisting of evidence-based traditional and alternative modalities tailored to best meet your desired health goals and outcomes.
Shannon believes that each and every person is worthy of finding peace, recovery, and control over their circumstances. Through Shannon’s consultation, the goal is to learn how to cultivate emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills that allow you to live from a place of authenticity and alignment with an increased level of self-esteem and quality of life.
At Panacea Mental Wellness Practices, we pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming to any and all folks interested in bettering their life and meeting themselves deeper. Panacea is a safe space for LGBTQIA2S+ and BIPOC groups as the agency abides by the principals of anti-oppressive and anti-racist trauma-sensitive care and ally-ship, as Shannon is a member of the LGBTQIA2S+.
Skills and Expertise
Attachment Issues
Anxiety
Art
Adult
Borderline Personality
Body Image
Child or Adolescent
Coping Mechanisms
Depression
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Family of Origin Issues
Family Conflict
Gay Issues
grief
Guilt
Health Illness and Medical Issues
Highly Sensitive Persons
Identity Issues
Irritability
LGBTQ
Life Coaching
Life Purpose
Loss or Grief
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Peer Relationships
Reiki Energy Healing
Self Esteem
Sex Therapy
Spirituality
Stress
Teens
Trauma and PTSD
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Coaching
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy
DBT Informed Therapy
Developmental
Eclectic
Ecotherapy/Nature-based
Harm Reduction
Health/Wellness-based
holistic health
Humanistic
Interpersonal
Meditation
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
psychotherapy
Self-Compassion
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Somatic
Telehealth-based
Writing
Modality
Individuals
Couples
Family
Group