Shawnnell Batiste, LPC-S
Hello, Cyclebreakers!
I’m Shawnnell “No BS” Batiste, Your Favorite No Bullshit Therapist, Mental Wealth Coach, and Founder of Choosing Empowerment.
Choosing Empowerment is a Virtual Mental Wealth and Resource Agency dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and families build healthier relationships with themselves, others, and their communities. Together with our culturally responsive team of therapists, coaches, and interns, we provide psychotherapy, Mental Wealth coaching, skill building, education, clinical supervision, and community resources designed to create lasting change.
Our work is rooted in serving the African American community while welcoming people from all walks of life. We proudly support BIPOC communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, foster and adoptive families, women and mothers, formerly incarcerated individuals, disabled communities, Spanish speaking clients, and others who have historically been marginalized or underserved.
At Choosing Empowerment, we believe mental health cannot be separated from the rest of your life. Healing is connected to your relationships, your physical health, your culture, your environment, your finances, your spirituality, your lived experiences, and the systems that shape your opportunities. We take a whole person approach because every part of your story matters.
Our foundation is built on two core beliefs: the Power of Choice and the Power of Healthy Relationships. While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose how we heal, how we grow, and how we move forward. We believe healing is strengthened through healthy relationships, beginning with the relationship you have with yourself.
We’re known for our No BS approach. That means we lead with honesty, authenticity, compassion, accountability, and cultural responsiveness. We will celebrate your growth, challenge the patterns that no longer serve you, and equip you with practical tools to help you build Mental Wealth and break generational cycles.
Removing barriers to care remains central to our mission. Through virtual services, flexible payment options, education, and the Licensure Ready: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges Internship Program, we’re expanding access to culturally responsive mental health care while preparing the next generation of clinicians to serve our communities with excellence.
If you’re ready to stop surviving, start healing, and build a life rooted in intention instead of reaction, we’d be honored to walk alongside you.
Welcome to the Cyclebreaking Village. We’re glad you’re here.