Shannon Oaks serves as a contracted counselor for Courage Christian Counseling. Shannon brings over two decades of counseling experience, serving in a variety of roles and ministries. She specializes in counseling individuals processing through trauma and abuse, and helping those working through anxiety, grief, parenting and marital challenges. She is particularly passionate about helping her clients overcome their childhood abuse and coming along side parents who have children who are neurodivergent (autism, ADHD) or dealing with auto-immune disorders and chronic illness. Shannon and her husband Aaron live in Louisburg, NC with their five children.

• Certified Christian Trauma Care Provider (CCTCP-1)

• Prepare-Enrich Certified Facilitator

• Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)

• Master of Arts in Christian Marriage, Family, and Individual Counseling (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary)