About LaSharta
LaSharta Pearson is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of practice based in Texas. She draws on life experience and professional roles to guide people through stress and anxiety. She focuses on helping people make steady, practical change rather than quick fixes.
She uses a person-centered outlook that starts with listening. Sessions begin by identifying what matters most to the client and what small steps feel doable. LaSharta uses simple skills from cognitive behavioral approaches and dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong emotions and reduce unhelpful thinking patterns.
Background and approach
Her background includes service in the U.S. Air Force and time working as a corrections officer, plus volunteer roles with organizations such as Special Olympics and Big Brother Big Sister. Those experiences shaped a practical, respectful style and a respect for people’s resilience.
LaSharta often likens therapy to planting a seed - change takes time and steady care. She works with people coping with relationships, career stress, life transitions, addictions, mood struggles, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, isolation, or problems with communication and commitment.
Her approach blends mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and emotionally focused ideas so clients can build clarity and stronger connections with themselves. LaSharta encourages people to try small, realistic steps and to notice progress along the way. The tone in sessions is supportive, direct, and goal-oriented.
How LaSharta’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking action toward them while accepting uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help people who feel stuck or who want a clearer sense of purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replaces them with practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for strong emotional reactions and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to figure out which methods match a client's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions may blend techniques so clients can try different strategies and settle on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or use shorter skill-based touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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