About Shemeram
Shemeram 'Shari' Lachin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She brings seven years of clinical experience and an affirming, practical style to sessions. Shari aims to make therapy a straightforward place to solve problems and build on strengths.
Shari offers a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming. She focuses on practical steps that can ease day-to-day strain and reduce anxious thinking.
Background and approach
Conversations often center on identifying patterns, trying small changes, and tracking what helps. Her work includes support for depression, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and concerns related to LGBT identity. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, communication problems, and the emotional effects of adoption and foster care.
Shari works with people facing substance use concerns, separation and divorce, and feelings of emptiness or dissociation. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Shari uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on approaches that match each person’s needs.
She aims to be collaborative, helping people set realistic goals and try concrete skills between sessions. People choose Shari for her direct, supportive manner and practical orientation. She helps people break worries into manageable steps and build more reliable ways of coping over time.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Many sessions use evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce worry and avoidant habits. Skills-based interventions teach concrete tools for managing stress, such as breathing or activity planning, that people can practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying approaches together, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people hold a longer session with face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, try brief check-ins, or use written coaching between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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