Prof. Shawn Young, LICSW, LCSW
Licensed in New Hampshire · 15 years in practice
Prof. Shawn Young is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience.
License and registration
- LICSW, New Hampshire
- 1737 · expires July 2027
- LCSW, Maine
- LC22704 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1801103239 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Shawn
Prof. Shawn Young is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience. He holds a LICSW in New Hampshire and an LCSW in Maine and has worked as a therapist, counselor, and life coach.
He has also spent more than a decade in higher education and served in the Air Force, including time overseas. Shawn’s style is warm and interactive. He treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and avoids stigmatizing labels.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and tailored to each person’s situation. He helps people facing common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and trouble with sleep or eating. He also supports people working through career questions, addictions, ADHD, and life changes like parenting or separation from loved ones.
Shawn draws on approaches like acceptance and commitment, client-centered work, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative, and psychodynamic ideas. In practical terms that means focusing on values, noticing patterns in stories people tell about themselves, and using mindful awareness to change unhelpful habits. His background in higher education gives him familiarity with the pressures students, faculty, and administrators often face.
Military experience informs his understanding of veteran and first responder concerns. He aims to form a collaborative plan so people can take clear steps toward feeling better.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shawn lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Approaches Shawn names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when hard thoughts or feelings appear. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the conversation and the therapist reflects and helps people find their own answers. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to notice thoughts and body sensations, which can reduce reactivity and help with stress and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches to try based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds in early sessions. That plan can change over time as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone works with lower bandwidth, short live chat or messaging can serve as quick check-ins, and text-based sessions let people reflect in writing. These options offer flexibility so people can use formats that match their schedule and comfort.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Shawn commonly address?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, career concerns, addictions, ADHD, and other life adjustments.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Sessions are warm and interactive with a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. Conversations are tailored so people can work on goals that matter to them.
What kind of background does he bring to therapy?
He has 15 years of experience as a therapist, counselor, and life coach, plus over a decade in higher education and prior service in the Air Force.
Where is he licensed to practice and where is he based?
He is licensed as a LICSW in New Hampshire and an LCSW in Maine, and he is based in Maine.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Shawn offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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