About Sharla
Sharla "Charlie" Harrison is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 22 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and the fallout of trauma. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at making the first steps feel manageable when emotions are high.
Charlie focuses on building practical skills and stronger relationships. Sessions often look at how past experiences affect current feelings and behaviors.
Background and approach
She supports people working through attachment concerns, abandonment, and issues related to adoption or foster care. Communication and self-worth are common themes in her work. She helps people strengthen boundaries, improve communication patterns, and rebuild self-esteem after loss or difficult life changes.
Charlie also addresses caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and the emotional impact of illness or cancer on daily life. Her approach combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. She uses emotionally focused techniques to address relationship patterns and motivational interviewing to support change.
Together with each person she sets realistic goals and practical steps to move forward. Charlie offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules. She accepts international clients and works with each person to find an approach that fits their needs and lifestyle.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people name what matters most so they can make choices that feel right for them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In sessions clients learn simple strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice patterns in relationships and strong emotions that keep them stuck. It supports clearer communication and stronger emotional responses to improve closeness and reduce conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what is helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor care to each person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and reading body language, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging support quick check-ins, shorter reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep appointments, follow up after difficult days, and carry new skills into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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