About Shaun
Shaun Underwood is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom who provides therapy to people worldwide. He offers a warm, interactive style that aims to put clients at ease. Shaun focuses on helping with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, addictions, and a wide range of life challenges.
He also supports people dealing with trauma, abuse, and issues related to LGBT identity. Shaun uses a person-centred approach and draws on several recognised therapies to suit each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and collaborative, with an emphasis on respect, sensitivity and compassion. He helps people identify practical coping strategies and tools that fit their everyday life. His background includes four years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, noted as BACP.
Shaun has worked with people facing parenting and career pressures, chronic health concerns, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD and bipolar challenges, and problems linked to attachment and abandonment. Treatment combines elements from cognitive behavioural methods, acceptance and commitment thinking, attachment-based work and skills from dialectical behaviour approaches when appropriate.
The aim is to tailor a clear plan that matches each person’s goals and preferences. Sessions can be arranged to suit different time zones and life schedules. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and then a session is scheduled according to availability.
What Shaun works with
Everything Shaun lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Shaun is listed here; the rest shows what else Shaun works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shaun lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Shaun’s approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action based on their values. It can help when anxiety, depression or life changes make it hard to move forward.Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace, which can suit people who need space to feel heard and understood.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Shaun will work with each person to choose or blend methods that match their goals and comfort. This is a collaborative process that adapts over time as needs change.
Many practical benefits come from online sessions, such as fitting appointments around work or family life and making it easier to connect from different time zones. Video can allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult, while telephone or live chat can be useful for shorter check-ins or when less bandwidth is available. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking so arrangements match your routine and technology.
Questions people ask about Shaun
What kinds of problems can Shaun help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, trauma and many life changes. Other listed concerns include parenting, career pressures, eating and sleeping problems and LGBT-related matters.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Shaun uses a warm, interactive and person-centred style that emphasises empathy and respect. He works collaboratively and adapts approaches to each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all model.
What experience does he have?
He has four years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns, including trauma, abuse, addictions and chronic health challenges.
What qualifications and location are relevant?
Shaun is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, recorded as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom while offering services worldwide.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English for both UK and international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography mentions face-to-face and remote therapies including video, telephone and live chat. Confirm current session options before booking to ensure the format you prefer is offered.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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