Shahna Duerksen, LMFT #140986
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Provides psychotherapy services to women.
PRESENCE:
Something transformative and healing that happens when you feel seen and heard by another person.
You are not alone!
Shahna Duerksen
My goal is to help my client's THRIVE, not just SURVIVE in life.
Shahna Duerksen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in Fresno, CA, providing both in-person therapy (Fresno, CA) and tele-health services throughout California.
Shahna aims to help de-stigmatize mental illness and make it a normal topic of conversation for everyone. She enjoys photography, humor, and travel, often blending these interests into adventurous escapades. Her practice mainly centers on women's experiences.
CONTACT to schedule:
www.Psychologytoday.com. (Shahna Duerksen, Fresno)
Instagram @shahnaduerksen
headway.co/providers/shahna-duerksen
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​Welcome here. My name is Shahna Duerksen and I am a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in California. My work focuses on WOMEN ONLY; 18 years and older offering both tele-health (Ca. wide) and in-person (Fresno, Ca.) appointments for California residents.
ABOUT
As my focus is on Womens Issues I work with WOMEN ONLY, 18 years and older struggling with depression, stress, anxiety, relationships distress, personal self-development and need of a deeper connection and understanding of yourself, Undiagnosed Adult ADHD symptoms or initial basic screening and recommendations for ADHD Diagnosis, betrayal trauma due to infidelity or sexual addictive behaviors of their partner, adoptive mothers and other issues and challenges that women experience.
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WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT:
My goal for you is that you will feel seen, heard, supported and safe. In collaboration with you the client, I ask what top goals you have for pursuing therapy and then we go about together in collaboration setting small, manageable, reachable steps to reach those goals; Ex: symptom management and reduction, Learn/improve coping, Improve functioning, Behavioral modification, Skill acquisition, Improved interpersonal communication and relationships and more.
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MY APPROACH:
Feeling strongly about promoting personal growth, hope and healing I believe in the power of PRESENCE and ‘with-ness’ with my clients. Presence I believe is something transformative and healing that happens when you feel seen and heard by another person. You don't feel as alone when this happens. I believe that being listened to and sitting ‘with’ someone is the first step in feeling validated and the beginning of the healing process for my
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AREAS OF INTEREST:
​Areas of interest are working with those women with ADHD related issues, burn-out, acute stress, Betrayal trauma of partners of sex addicts/sexually compulsive behaviors, women who are therapists, women with relationship distress, career stress, life transitions, adjustment issues, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, young adult issues and more.
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CONTACT to schedule:
www.Psychologytoday.com (Shahna Duerksen, Fresno)
Instagram @shahnaduerksen
headway.co/providers/shahna-duerksen
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CONTACT ME to schedule:
Shahna Duerksen, M.A., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #140986
Phone: 559-657-5037
www.Psychologytoday.com (Shahna Duerksen, Fresno)
Instagram @shahnaduerksen
headway.co/providers/shahna-duerksen
FEE'S:
Invest in your mental and emotional well-being today!
Some insurances accepted. Check with me.
$160.00 per session private pay rate.
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CONTACT:
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Shahna Duerksen, M.A., LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #140986
Phone: 559-657-5037​