About Shaun
Shaun Underwood is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, and phobias. He also helps with anger, low self-esteem, grief, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating problems, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Shaun works with people who are LGBT and those coping with major life changes, career concerns or parenting strain.
He describes his style as warm and interactive. Sessions aim to feel respectful and down-to-earth.
Background and approach
Shaun prefers simple, practical steps alongside space to talk things through. He emphasises empathy, sensitivity and compassion in every conversation. Shaun uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method.
He draws on client-centred work and combines ideas from cognitive behavioural techniques, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based ideas and dialectical behaviour approaches. That mix helps him tailor sessions to each person’s needs. In the room he focuses on building a plan you can use day-to-day.
That might mean learning coping skills, noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, practising emotional regulation, or exploring difficult relationship dynamics. Shaun works alongside clients to identify what helps most. He has four years of experience and holds BACP registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Shaun offers sessions from the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. He runs video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different routines. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book a session slot.
Shaun encourages those ready for change to take the first step and meet to discuss realistic goals together.
How Shaun’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. It can help with phobias, low mood, sleep problems and unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shaun will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they decide whether to use ACT, CBT, client-centred listening or a mix, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, so people can choose what suits their routine. Video calls are close to face-to-face and let the therapist and client read visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and suit shorter check-ins or busy days. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for ongoing support, brief reflections, or when typing works better than speaking. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family life and travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- 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)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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