About Sharon
Sharon Berkobien is a licensed social worker with 28 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more in control. Sharon emphasizes each person's strengths and respects the client's view of their own story.
She works in a warm, respectful way and listens first to understand what matters most. Sessions tend to be collaborative and down-to-earth.
Background and approach
Sharon draws on tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Attachment ideas shape how she looks at relationship struggles and caregiver stress. This helps when communication problems, control issues, or difficulties with trust show up.
She also uses acceptance and values-based strategies to help people find purpose and move through painful emotions. Sharon has supported people through post-traumatic stress, grief, workplace problems, and midlife transitions. Her style is calm and steady, aimed at helping clients build coping skills they can use between sessions.
She encourages small, achievable changes rather than big, sudden overhauls. Clients who want straightforward conversation and practical skills may find her approach useful. Sharon works from Michigan and offers sessions in English.
She accepts international clients and helps people connect their goals to workable steps they can take now.
Approaches in Online Care and How They Help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety and for coping with major life changes by focusing on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that maintain anxiety and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will collaborate with clients to pick strategies that fit their goals and preferences. She often blends techniques so sessions feel tailored rather than one-size-fits-all, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when you want it, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text-based messaging are convenient for quick check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to stay connected during times of change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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