Meet Your Therapist

The founder of Bi-Coastal Therapy, Shannon Troy, LCSW is licensed in both New York and California. Many people don't realize their therapist has to be credentialed where they, the client, take the session. This applies to long-distance couples, business road warriors, jet-setters, college students, and coastal transplants. Shannon takes care of the legal side so you can focus on your personal growth.

 

She earned her Master's Degree from New York University, focusing on clinical practice with adults, and holds a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University. She lived in New York City for 15 years before relocating to San Diego. She sees clients in person in San Diego and virtually for the greater states of California and New York.​

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Shannon's style is direct, nurturing, and playful. Working with her, you'll develop valuable insight about your interpersonal dynamics and establish new ways of being so life feels worth celebrating again. Her counseling strengths include genuine curiosity and passion for learning about ways of life. A longtime student of culture and relationships, she's also lived and worked in Dakar, Senegal; Sint Maarten; Macao, China; and Denver, Colorado. She understands big decisions, life transitions, and adapting to new environments. Having studied social justice politics and worked with clients of many gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, and ethnic identities, she's conscientious about how larger systems and social inequity can affect a family’s health and functioning.

Your whole person is important.​