- Warm and direct support
- Focus on coping skills
- Experience with trauma
About Shauna
Shauna Figueroa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of practice. She works from Maryland and focuses on giving direct, practical help for stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship struggles. Shauna emphasizes emotional safety and straightforward support in sessions.
She learned early how childhood trauma can shape thoughts, emotions, and behavior. That experience led her to a career helping people heal and move forward. Her work often centers on naming feelings, sorting through painful memories, and building daily coping skills.
Shauna uses a range of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on client-centered methods to follow a person's priorities, cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and habits, and emotionally-focused work for relationship and attachment concerns. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools when those fit.
Her background includes long-term work with individuals, couples, and families facing grief, substance use, parenting stress, and trauma. She aims to make people feel accepted and heard while setting small, practical goals that change day-to-day life.
Sessions with Shauna tend to be warm and direct. She helps people understand patterns that keep them stuck and then practices different ways of responding. The focus is on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Shauna is committed to supporting people from underrepresented and marginalized communities. She invites anyone who wants help thinking through life changes, improving relationships, or managing strong emotions to reach out and begin the process.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's goals and experiences. The therapist listens closely and follows what matters most to the client, helping them put feelings into words and choose the next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches practical techniques to change thinking patterns and build new habits for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help the client decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. This happens in early sessions and can be adjusted over time to match progress and changing needs.
Confirm the therapist's available online session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, offering shorter check-ins when needed, and allowing sessions during breaks or after work. It also supports continuity of care when life events disrupt routine. Licensed professionals tailor session pacing and techniques so online therapy remains practical and focused on real-life changes.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, District of Columbia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Shauna address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting challenges, sleep problems, bipolar concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and intimacy issues among other areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She takes a warm, client-centered approach that is also practical. Sessions focus on naming feelings, building coping skills, and setting small, achievable goals.
What is her experience working as a therapist?
Shauna has twenty years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of settings and presenting problems.
What credentials and location apply to this clinician?
She holds LCSW-C and LCSW credentials and practices from Maryland.
In which languages are sessions available?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Shauna?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.