About Sharnita
Sharnita White, LPC, LMHC, uses an evidence-based approach to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She works to build straightforward coping skills and clearer communication. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at helping clients feel steadier and more in control.
She focuses on practical steps people can use day to day, like grounding techniques for panic and emotion regulation strategies for mood swings. Sessions often include problem-solving around relationships and life transitions.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with self-esteem issues and the aftereffects of abuse. Sharnita brings 13 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor and a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Missouri. She emphasizes cultural awareness and respects each person’s background and identity.
Clients can expect a collaborative pace that respects personal values and goals. Her work includes attention to specific concerns such as abandonment worries, communication problems, infidelity, and family of origin issues. She also helps people navigating alternative sexual cultures, autism-related challenges, and mood conditions like panic disorder.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The subscription-based format can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled based on the therapist’s availability.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Sharnita uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and emotional regulation. One approach centers on building coping skills for anxiety and panic - teaching grounding, breath work, and step-by-step actions to reduce immediate distress. Another key focus is emotion regulation and mood management, which involves learning ways to notice triggers, alter unhelpful thinking patterns, and create steady daily routines to improve mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs and goals. Together they test strategies, adjust as needed, and set practical goals that feel manageable between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when interaction matters most. Phone sessions or live chat can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins and allows brief updates between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while focusing on meaningful change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Missouri
- Languages
- English
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