About Shona
Shona Moncrieff is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people with stress, anxiety and trauma. She also helps with low self-esteem, motivation, relationship worries and coping with life changes. Shona works from a therapist stance that puts the person’s experience first and values what they already know about themselves.
Shona has three years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
Much of her practice has involved people affected by childhood adversity and trauma, so she uses a trauma-informed outlook when that is needed. This means she pays attention to safety, pacing and how past hurt can shape current reactions. Her work draws on a range of approaches.
She blends acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking and client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural work and emotion regulation skills. The choice of method depends on the person and the problem being addressed. In sessions Shona aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space.
She encourages people to notice what matters to them, try small steps and build on existing strengths. Conversations can include practical skill-building, reflective talk and planning for manageable changes. Shona welcomes people from diverse backgrounds and identities.
She offers online options including video calls, phone work, live chat and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book according to the therapist's availability.
Approaches for online therapy and practical benefits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and gives clear tools to reduce anxious patterns and improve sleep or mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can be useful for intimacy, relationship concerns and coping after childhood hurt.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that suit the person. This is a collaborative process and plans are adapted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and use visual materials during sessions. Phone work can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for those who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, journalling-style reflections and more immediate contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still using the chosen therapeutic approaches.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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