Dr. Demi Shugrue, LPCC

Dr. Demi Shugrue is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California with 10 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, motivation and self-esteem concerns, and depression. She also works with issues related to attachment, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, control struggles, separation and divorce, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, panic, and social anxiety.

As an LPCC, Dr. Shugrue has training and licensure to provide psychotherapy in California (CA LPCC 3879). Her approach centers on recognizing each person's strengths and lived expertise in their own story. She helps clients build practical skills, strengthen relationships, and restore confidence by working from those strengths and tailoring care to individual needs.

Beginning therapy often takes courage, and Dr. Shugrue emphasizes that taking the first step matters. She aims to create a supportive, collaborative environment where people can explore goals, address challenges, and develop sustainable ways to manage stress, improve communication, and increase self-compassion.

Adapting Evidence-Based Techniques for Online Care

Skills-based strategies focus on practical tools to reduce stress and manage anxiety. These techniques teach breathing, grounding, and coping skills along with problem-solving steps that help people respond differently to overwhelming thoughts and feelings.

Relational and communication-focused interventions target relationship and family challenges by improving listening, boundary setting, and conflict-resolution skills. These approaches help people clarify needs, repair interactions, and build healthier patterns with partners and family members.

She also uses mood- and self-worth-oriented techniques to address depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and shame, helping clients cultivate self-compassion and small, manageable changes that support mood and motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Shugrue collaborates with each person to identify which techniques fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to access care around work, caregiving, and daily routines. These options provide flexibility in timing and format while allowing licensed professionals to deliver consistent, focused treatment tailored to each person’s needs.