Shauna Figueroa

Shauna Figueroa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of practice. She brings a long-term commitment to helping people recover from difficult life events. Shauna draws on personal experience and professional work to make clients feel heard and accepted. She aims to create a calm, welcoming space where people can name their feelings and begin to heal.

Shauna has worked for over 20 years with individuals, couples, and families on a wide range of challenges. Her experience includes supporting people through depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, substance use, and relationship struggles. She also helps with parenting concerns, sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and the stresses of life change.

Her practice uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally focused work. Shauna also incorporates elements of the Gottman method and mindfulness practices when they fit the person's goals. She adapts what she uses to each person's needs, listening first and offering straightforward tools for coping.

Shauna pays special attention to the effects of childhood trauma and to the ways racism and bias shape people's lives. She describes working to validate experiences and to support underrepresented and marginalized people, including women of color facing systemic oppression.

To begin, prospective clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Shauna uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s lead, helping them put feelings into words and set goals that matter. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and building trust to address issues like grief, low self-esteem, and the emotional aftermath of trauma.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice small behavioral changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger management because it gives concrete steps to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shauna treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients choose methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they review what’s helping and adjust the plan as goals evolve.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and avoiding travel time. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make regular check-ins more manageable and support steady progress while clients balance other commitments.