Shona Moncrieff, BACP

Shona Moncrieff is a UK-based counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and relationship concerns. She also helps with parenting strain, grief, addictions, sleep and eating difficulties, and life changes. Shona works from a practical, person-centred stance and aims to remind people of their own strengths as they work through problems.

She uses a pluralistic approach that draws on several therapies to suit each person’s needs. That means sessions can include talking things through, developing everyday habits, and trying out small changes between meetings. Shona emphasises a trauma-informed outlook for people with difficult early experiences.

Shona has three years of professional experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Conversations are paced to suit the individual and to build confidence step by step.

In sessions she may use ideas from cognitive behavioural work to spot thought patterns and from dialectical behaviour strategies to manage strong emotions. Attachment-based and client-centred elements shape how she attends to relationships and personal history. The focus on thoughts and everyday habits threads through her practical suggestions.

People meet her for short-term work or longer exploration depending on needs. She asks clients to set goals and tests small changes in daily life to see what helps. The first step is a short matching questionnaire and a booking to schedule sessions.

How therapy approaches can fit into online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on what matters most. It uses simple exercises to build willingness to act in line with values, which can help with anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours together and gives practical steps to try between sessions to change day-to-day habits and mood. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how earlier relationships shape current patterns and can help when trust, closeness or recurring relationship problems are a concern.

Finding the right approach is usually collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences. Together they will try methods that suit the issue and the person’s pace, adjusting approaches if something does not feel helpful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice new habits between sessions and bring those experiences back to therapy for discussion and adjustment.