Shawn Beard, LPC

Shawn Beard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with a decade of experience guiding individuals and families through life transitions and emotional challenges. He is the proprietor of New U by Design and holds national certifications that reflect additional training in counseling and family-focused work, including credentials from the National Board for Certified Counselors and the National Certified Counselor designation. The LPC credential indicates he is licensed to provide professional mental health counseling in his state.

His therapeutic style is warm, interactive, and nonjudgmental. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while avoiding stigmatizing labels. Shawn draws from cognitive-behavioral principles alongside humanistic and psychodynamic ideas to create tailored treatment plans that fit each clientâs needs. He believes clients are the experts in their own stories and works to amplify existing strengths as part of the healing process.

Over his career he has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem and confidence struggles, career difficulties, grief, and other life changes. Shawn aims to empower clients to take courageous steps toward a more fulfilling life, offering practical tools and collaborative guidance to help them meet their goals.

Approaches for Online Support and Practical Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is practical and skills-based, often used to address stress, anxiety, low mood, and difficulties with coping and problem solving.

Humanistic-informed care emphasizes the clientâs strengths, personal values, and capacity for growth. This approach supports work on self-esteem, relationship concerns, life transitions, and finding greater meaning in everyday choices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Shawn works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring. Together they adapt techniques and pace so treatment feels personally relevant and achievable.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations.