Shona Moncrieff , BACP

Shona Moncrieff is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self‑esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges around sleep and eating. She also works with issues such as addiction, grief, ADHD and career stress. Shona lists women's issues among her focus areas and draws on a range of approaches to meet different needs.

Shona has three years of professional experience. Much of her work has involved helping people who have lived with trauma and adverse childhood experiences, using a trauma‑informed way of working. She aims to remind people of their own strengths and to help them build practical steps toward change.

In sessions she keeps the pace gentle and collaborative. She treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life and helps them try out techniques that suit their situation. That might include looking at thoughts and behaviours, learning new emotion‑regulation skills, or focusing on values and meaning.

Her clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment‑Based Therapy, Client‑Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT). These give a mix of talking, practical skills and reflection depending on what a client needs.

Shona offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging for online work. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and the service is only available to people in the United Kingdom.

Therapeutic approaches for online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them, and to take small steps toward what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, stress and sleep problems. Attachment‑Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current connections, which can be helpful for relationship and intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try methods together with the client to see what fits their goals and preferences. That collaborative process means techniques can be adapted as needs change.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text‑based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation; phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check‑ins. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or need support between calls. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or daily life commitments.