About Demi
Dr. Demi Shugrue welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or relationship and family strain. She introduces a calm, steady presence and helps clients talk through everyday struggles.
Dr. Shugrue honors each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. She has a decade of experience as a licensed professional clinical counselor, LPCC, practicing in California.
Her work commonly addresses self-esteem, confidence, and motivation alongside mood and panic symptoms.
How Demi works
She also supports people dealing with attachment concerns, communication breakdowns, control issues, and the fallout of divorce and separation. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps and real-life problem solving. Conversations cover how to handle caregiver stress, reduce loneliness, and repair patterns that keep people stuck.
Forgiveness, guilt, and shame are addressed with attention to small, concrete changes. Dr. Shugrue adapts her approach to the goals a person brings to therapy.
She aims to make concepts easy to use between sessions, so progress continues outside the room. The emphasis is on short-term strategies that link to longer-term growth. Starting therapy, she helps clients set manageable goals and track small wins.
Over time the work shifts toward stronger coping, healthier communication, and more self-love. Her practical focus is on what people can try now to feel better and move forward.
What Demi works with
The areas below are the ones Demi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Dr. Shugrue uses practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on clear skills and behavior changes. One approach emphasizes teaching concrete coping skills for anxiety and panic, such as breathing strategies, step-by-step exposure to feared situations, and planning short experiments to test worries. This helps reduce intense symptoms and builds confidence over time.Another approach centers on improving relationships and attachment patterns by identifying habitual communication traps and trying new interaction steps. Work in this area helps people speak up, set boundaries, and repair disconnects with others. A third common focus is mood regulation through small daily routines - sleep, activity, and pleasant scheduling - to lift low mood and increase motivation.
Figuring out which approach fits best is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. Together they adjust methods as progress is tracked, aiming for strategies that feel useful and doable.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text can fit brief check-ins or quick skill practice. These options make it easier to schedule care around work, caregiving, or school commitments.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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