About Shareka
Shareka Mason is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 13 years of experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the pressures of life transitions. She emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care from the first conversation.
Shareka uses short, clear conversations to find what matters most to each person. She adapts the plan and pace to fit individual needs rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
Her style is direct but warm, offering practical steps alongside emotional support. Parents and busy adults often find the structure helpful: brief goals, doable actions, and regular check-ins. Shareka also addresses burnout and compassion fatigue, helping people reconnect with purpose and self-care.
She works on communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, and building self-love. Sessions include problem-solving tools and time to reflect on feelings. Shareka helps people break big issues into small, manageable steps.
She encourages forward movement while acknowledging how hard change can feel. Based in Missouri, Shareka offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire to begin, then schedules sessions based on availability.
Her aim is to make the first step easier and to keep work focused and practical.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Shareka uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear goals and real-world changes. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real evidence to reduce anxiety and low mood; it helps people notice thinking patterns and try small experiments to feel differently. Another approach centers on building coping skills and daily routines to manage stress and burnout; this often includes step-by-step strategies for sleep, activity, and brief self-care practices.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client talk through needs, preferences, and goals, and then try methods that match those priorities. If one way isn’t helping, they adjust the plan together until it fits the client’s pace and life demands.
Online therapy offers flexibility with multiple ways to connect: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging works well for brief updates, homework, or steady support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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