Shauna Figueroa

Shauna Figueroa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of practice. She holds LCSW-C and LCSW credentials and works from Maryland. Shauna draws on personal and professional experience to offer steady, empathetic support to people facing hard transitions and lasting effects of early trauma.

She listens first and helps people put feelings into words. Shauna aims to make people feel accepted and understood. Her approach is grounded in warmth, patience, and clear guidance rather than clinical jargon.

Over 20 years she has helped people address problems such as anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and difficulties with intimacy and relationships. She also works with parenting struggles, sleep trouble, anger, bipolar symptoms, and challenges tied to family origin, abandonment, adoption, and attachment concerns.

Shauna uses a mix of clinical methods tailored to each person. She draws on Client-Centered therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Mindfulness practices to match what someone needs in the moment.

She is committed to supporting underrepresented and marginalized people, and she places emphasis on validating experiences of racial trauma, bias, and intergenerational harm. Shauna invites people who are seeking hope and practical steps forward to consider working together.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on being heard and accepted. It lets clients set the pace while the therapist reflects feelings and clarifies concerns, which can help when dealing with loss, identity questions, or major life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical behavior changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with big life changes.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on feelings in close relationships and patterns that cause distance or conflict. It is useful for improving communication and rebuilding emotional connection between partners.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. That plan can change as progress is made and new concerns appear.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or evenings. It also lets people try shorter check-ins when that suits their schedule or use lower-bandwidth options if needed. Because session formats are not specified in the original profile, confirm which formats are offered before booking so you know what will work best for your routine.