About Shari
Shari Schaffer is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship challenges. Her background includes caring for those who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse.
Shari favors a warm, interactive style. Sessions are respectful and compassionate, with a focus on building a working relationship where change can happen. She adapts what she does to match each person's needs and goals.
Background and approach
Her work draws on practical methods that help people notice what matters, make clearer choices, and change unhelpful patterns. She uses Acceptance and Commitment ideas alongside client-centered listening and narrative approaches to help people tell and reframe their stories. Motivational interviewing is used when people are weighing change and need support finding motivation.
Many clients come wanting help with parenting strain, career stress, grief, or problems with intimacy and communication. Shari also addresses issues such as addiction, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and anger when they affect daily life. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that fit into real life.
The therapist and client work together to try tools, track what helps, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Shari aims to make therapy understandable and usable for busy people seeking calmer, more connected lives.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and values, then take small meaningful steps toward a life they want. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about relationships or work. Client-Centered Therapy centers on active listening and empathy so the person feels heard and can find their own solutions; this approach supports growth across many kinds of life concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs, and then collaborate to try methods that fit. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps, with the client shaping the direction of therapy.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while staying connected to a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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