Shona Moncrieff

• Trauma and abuse
• Anxiety and stress
• Self esteem support

About Shona

Shona Moncrieff works with stress, anxiety, trauma and adverse childhood experiences, low self-esteem and motivation. She uses a pluralistic approach - drawing on several methods to help people talk through what matters to them. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and has three years of professional experience.

Shona usually works in a trauma-informed way with people who have experienced difficult events in childhood. She also supports those facing overwhelm, worry, low confidence, addiction-related concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and life changes. She frames the person as the expert in their life and encourages noticing existing strengths.

In sessions she listens and offers practical ideas from different therapeutic approaches. Techniques may include exploring unhelpful thinking patterns, practising acceptance and committed action, and looking at attachment patterns that affect current relationships. Work can include short-term skills practice or longer conversations about past events and current coping.

She also supports people with neurodiversity, parenting strain, body-image worries, and career-related stress. Additional focuses listed include bereavement, carer stress and complex family origins such as adoption and foster care. Shona records working with issues linked to mood, bipolar, eating and sleeping challenges.

Shona offers counselling in English from the United Kingdom. She asks people to begin by using the site matching process to schedule a first appointment so practical arrangements can be agreed before the first session.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety and values-based change. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in past relationships and how they shape current reactions, which can help with intimacy, relationship issues and attachment concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves examining thinking patterns and behaviour, then practising different ways of responding to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss different methods and agree a plan with the person based on their goals, needs and preferences. This means sessions can focus on practical skills, exploring past events, or a mix of both depending on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which options are currently offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, caring or study commitments and can reduce travel time. They also allow for shorter check-ins or longer therapy meetings depending on what suits the person and their week.

Topics Shona lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
• Dissociation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Traumatic brain injury
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour 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

Questions about Shona

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed areas she works on, including overwhelm and low motivation.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses a pluralistic, trauma-informed style and draws on approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT, attachment-based and client-centred methods.

What experience does she have?

She has three years of professional work experience, mainly supporting people affected by trauma and adverse childhood events.

Is she registered with a professional body?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.