Contributor

Dr. Shannon Kolakowski

Psychologist and Author

Shannon Kolakowski, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice providing couples and individual therapy.

She is the author of Single, Shy, and Looking for Love: A Dating Guide for the Shy and Socially Anxious and When Depression Hurts Your Relationship: How to Regain Intimacy and Reconnect with Your Partner When You’re Depressed. She has contributed to publications such as Forbes, Redbook, Scientific American MIND, Men's Health Magazine, Shape, Salon, The New York Post, and Good Morning America online. She's made television appearances on New Day Northwest and ABC news.

She has served as an adjunct faculty member at the college and graduate school level. She lives with her husband and daughter in Seattle, WA.