I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) operating in Pennsylvania with 10 years of professional work experience. I am the proprietor of New U by Design, a Board Certified Licensed Professional Counselor (NBCC), Strengthsbased Family Worker (SFW), and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC).
My therapy style is warm and interactive. I believe in treating anyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. My approach combines cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, psychodynamic and rational-emotive therapy. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs.
My experience in includes helping clients with stress and anxiety, depression, relationship issues, motivation, self esteem, confidence, grief, & career difficulties.
I believe that you are the expert of your narrative and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that can be a challenge to you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps toward affecting change.
I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Depression, Compassion fatigue, Control issues, Divorce and separation, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hearing impaired, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Self-love, Sexuality, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
PA LPC PC009130
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After 13 years, I am glad to have made my way back to therapy. After putting some basic criteria for the type of therapist I was looking, I was "assigned" Shawn Beard". I've been extremely pleased. I'm very grateful for the wisdom and guidance that Shawn provides!
Written on Aug 22, 2023 after therapy with Shawn for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and bipolar disorder
Great guy, very compassionate and thoughtful
Written on Jun 20, 2023 after therapy with Shawn for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
Shawn listens great and understands where I’m coming from it
Written on Feb 27, 2023 after therapy with Shawn for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and anger management