Shannon Anderson

Shannon Anderson built her counseling practice around a straightforward conviction: children, adolescents, and families deserve care that is both evidence-based and genuinely responsive to their lives. Working from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, she founded Tender Hearts Child Therapy Center as a private practice devoted to that mission — offering specialist-level support for the developmental, emotional, and relational challenges that shape young lives and family dynamics.

Shannon works with children, teenagers, and families navigating anxiety, depression, behavioral concerns, trauma, abuse recovery, and the ordinary-but-difficult terrain of growing up. Her training spans individual counseling, marriage and family work, and group settings, allowing her to meet each client — whether a struggling child, a parent at a loss, or a household in conflict — at the level where support is most needed. Online sessions extend that reach beyond her local offices.

Clients and families who have worked with Shannon describe measurable shifts: calmer communication, reduced symptoms, and steadier relationships. Her practice holds flexible scheduling as a practical priority, recognizing that families are already stretched thin. The goal she returns to, in each case, is a clearer path forward — for the child, and for everyone around them.