About Shauna
Shauna Figueroa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of experience supporting people through hard times. She holds an MD and both LCSW-C and LCSW credentials. Shauna aims to make clients feel heard and accepted from the first conversation.
She focuses on anxiety and stress as well as trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship problems, parenting concerns, grief, and life transitions. Shauna also helps with intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and questions around identity and belonging.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work with people facing the effects of childhood trauma and systemic bias. Shauna uses client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral ideas and emotionally-focused methods. She weaves in elements from the Gottman Method and mindfulness practices to fit each person's needs.
Sessions tend to be practical and aimed at clearer thinking, improved communication, and steadier emotions. Her style is warm, direct, and accepting. She listens closely, helps name feelings, and supports small steps that add up to change.
Shauna says creating a safe space for people from underrepresented groups is central to her practice. Shauna practices in Maryland and conducts sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She works with adults seeking help with anxiety, relationships, addictions, and life changes, and she brings 20 years of hands-on clinical experience to each session.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Shauna commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy in online appointments. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel accepted and understood, which helps when sorting out feelings and making choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical tools to reduce anxiety and manage mood.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationship patterns are causing pain. EFT helps people identify core emotions and change interaction patterns, which can improve communication and closeness. Together these methods offer both insight and hands-on skills for handling stress, anxiety, and relationship strain.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Shauna will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that fit those needs, and adjust over time based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to prioritize.
Online therapy methods include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for role work and emotional coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a short check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick reflections, homework, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity of care when life gets in the way.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Connecticut, Virginia, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English
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