About Sharmian
Sharmian McCoy is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Tennessee who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She writes and talks plainly, making it easier to take the first step toward change. Her style is steady and practical, aimed at helping people feel understood and less overwhelmed.
She draws on 25 years of clinical experience to guide conversations about relationships, trauma, grief, depression, and self-esteem. Sessions focus on simple, clear goals and doable steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and offers concrete ways to try something different. Sharmian uses a mix of methods depending on what someone needs. She may work on changing thoughts and behaviors, tell and reframe important personal stories, or address the impacts of traumatic events.
The method chosen is meant to match the concern and the person, not to force a single approach. She also helps with parenting strain, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and issues around intimacy and communication. For people coping with career changes, bipolar or postpartum depression, and the stress of caregiving, she aims for realistic plans that reduce pressure and increase agency.
Her approach is collaborative. She encourages honest talk about what’s working and what isn’t. Over time she helps people build skills to manage anxiety, improve relationships, and navigate major life changes.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sharmian commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to address anxiety and its effects. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the impact of traumatic events and on building safety, coping skills, and gradual processing of painful memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences and help choose methods that match a person's needs. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging works well for ongoing written reflections. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and busy schedules while using approaches that target anxiety, trauma, and relationship patterns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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