About Shardae
Shardae Collins works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or big life changes. She meets people where they are and helps them identify strengths and next steps. She is a licensed clinical social worker with MA LICSW and CA LCSW credentials and has six years of clinical experience.
Her sessions focus on practical tools and steady support. She pays attention to a person's history and relationships to see how those patterns affect everyday life.
How Shardae works
Conversations aim to be direct, culturally aware, and free of shame so people can speak openly about trauma, grief, or feeling stuck. Therapy sessions use mindfulness, skill building, and problem-focused work. Shardae may draw on strategies from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to manage intense emotions and rebuild routines.
She also uses attachment-informed perspectives when relationships and past losses are central to the issue. She offers telehealth care to people living in Washington. Sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits a person's routine.
The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time. Her work includes support for stress, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and grief. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, attachment difficulties, and feelings of emptiness or shame.
Shardae aims to help people notice their resilience and take manageable steps toward change.
Shardae lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Shardae works with
The areas below are the ones Shardae selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps when struggles with trust, closeness, or abandonment come up in adult relationships and daily life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and pace. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflectively listening and helping clarify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by teaching practical exercises to try between sessions.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will explore a person's goals, history, and preferences and suggest strategies to try. Together they adjust the plan as needs change, blending elements from different methods when that makes sense.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and run full sessions, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging fit quick updates, journaling between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other obligations while using approaches like attachment work, client-centered listening, and CBT effectively in remote sessions.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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