About Sharon
Dr. Sharon Young is a clinical psychologist working in Pennsylvania with more than 22 years of experience. She helps people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and stress.
She speaks English and draws on a long history of outpatient and inpatient practice to support everyday concerns. Her approach is collaborative and warm. She listens closely and treats each person as the expert on their experience.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as understanding patterns that keep problems repeating. Dr. Young blends several therapy styles to match what a person needs.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships influence current bonds. She uses client-centered methods to keep the session focused on the person's perspective. She also borrows cognitive-behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Her background includes work in community mental health centers, personal outpatient practices, hospital inpatient units, a state psychiatric hospital, and a university counseling center. That variety informs how she handles crises, grief, trauma, and complex mood concerns. Her doctorate is a PhD in clinical psychology.
In sessions she helps people set clear goals and practices that support change. She works with concerns such as addiction, sleep problems, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and coping with life transitions. People who value thoughtful listening and a steady, collaborative process often find her style helpful.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. Young commonly blends attachment-based and client-centered approaches with cognitive-behavioral strategies. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people change recurring emotional reactions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening from your perspective and shaping sessions around your goals and experience. Cognitive-behavioral techniques target thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and depression active, offering clear practices to try between sessions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That shared decision-making can include trying strategies for a while and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy with her is offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper, face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a busy schedule or work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier between sessions, and they can suit people who prefer written communication.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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