About Shari
Dr. Shari Richardson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience. She practices in New York and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions.
People often come to her for help with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. She uses straightforward, flexible approaches in therapy. Sessions focus on understanding what led to painful feelings and behaviors.
Dr. Richardson aims to help clients move from recognizing the need to change to actually making changes that fit their lives.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with issues tied to foster care and adoption, attachment concerns, and family conflict. She also supports people coping with grief, care-giver stress, career transitions, and life changes that feel overwhelming. Addiction, intimacy problems, and anger are within her experience as well.
In session she blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and solution-focused techniques. That means she listens first, then helps people try practical steps and new ways of thinking. Motivational strategies are used when someone needs extra support to take action.
Dr. Richardson describes therapy as a partnership. She encourages vulnerability as a path to healing and sets small, achievable goals.
The work is paced to match each person’s readiness and life demands. She offers sessions in English and works with both local and international clients. Service options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, so people can choose what fits their routine.
How Dr. Richardson’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offering empathy and reflection to help clarify feelings and goals. This approach is useful for people who need a supportive space to talk through painful events and relationship issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes. It is practical for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants tools to change how they think and act. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on concrete goals and short-term steps, which can speed progress when someone needs clear, actionable plans.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they adjust methods as needed so the work matches the client’s pace and priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are convenient for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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