About Sharon
Sharon Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with four decades of experience in mental health. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, intimacy-related concerns, and major life changes. Her language is simple and direct so a worried parent can read quickly and know what to expect.
Sharon offers a warm, inviting approach in sessions. She listens carefully and aims to make people feel comfortable discussing hard emotions.
Background and approach
Her manner is respectful and nonjudgmental, and she focuses on practical steps that can help in day-to-day life. For much of her career Sharon worked in an office setting. For the past years she has moved those same services online, keeping the same focus on clear listening and workable goals.
She uses her long experience to gauge when brief, solution-focused approaches will be helpful and when a slower, deeper conversation is needed. She helps people facing phase-of-life transitions, midlife concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and the isolation that can come with life changes. Sharon also addresses issues like codependency, guilt and shame, and mood disorders including Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Sessions can include discussions about relationships, self-love, and women’s issues. Sharon aims to guide clients toward practical changes and clearer thinking, one conversation at a time. The goal is to leave each session with something useful to try between meetings.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. One common approach is brief solution-focused work that narrows in on immediate goals and small, concrete changes to try between sessions. This can help when anxiety or stress feels overwhelming and quick tools are needed.She also relies on longer-form talk therapy to help with deeper issues like depression, grief, codependency, and midlife transitions. That approach involves slower exploration of patterns, emotions, and relationship dynamics to build lasting change over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will discuss options with each person and decide together which blend of brief strategies or deeper work best matches their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors the plan as therapy progresses so it stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for a full conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging allow for shorter, flexible exchanges and ongoing support between fuller appointments.
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- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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