Dr. Shanna Heun was awarded her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Miami in 2011 and holds an active North Carolina Psychologist License (#5173) and Florida Psychologist License (#PY8953). She earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Boston College and her undergraduate coursework in Psychology and Fine Arts Painting was completed at Syracuse University.
Dr. Heun is skilled in quickly establishing a healthy working alliance to further the promotion of well-being through the installation of hope. She has honed her therapeutic interventions over the past seventeen years in a variety of treatment settings with diverse clients. From homeless veterans to prominent members of our local community, Dr. Heun has supported clients and their families in constructing the next stages of their lives while coping with complex mental and emotional issues. Dr. Heun has harnessed her diverse mental health background to become the premiere provider of concierge psychology in Charlotte.
Dr. Heun’s resume includes work in private practice, child and adolescent treatment centers, in-patient settings, university counseling centers, intensive psychiatric rehabilitation treatment, psychological and neuropsychological assessment centers, community mental health centers, veteran centers, substance-abuse treatment, sex-offender treatment, and crisis services. Her clients have included those with anxiety, depression, dual-diagnoses, severe and persistent mental health disorders, autism, legal and social issues, substance abuse, and victims of trauma and abuse. In these various settings, her primary responsibilities have included providing individual therapy, group therapy, psychological and neuropsychological assessment, gifted assessment, learning disabilities evaluations, activity based social skills training, treatment planning, crisis intervention, and family therapy.
In her free time, Dr. Heun enjoys spending time with her husband, three young children, and therapy dog, Lola (who you will likely see around the office). She also enjoys trying adventurous foods, cooking, and travel.