About Sharla
Sharla "Charlie" Harrison is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the fallout from trauma. She focuses on practical supports for everyday life. Her style is down-to-earth and goal-focused so parents can quickly see if her approach fits their needs.
With 22 years of experience, she brings steady clinical judgment to complex emotional problems. She helps people work through low self-esteem, anger, feeling empty, and compassion fatigue.
How Sharla works
She also addresses concerns tied to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and blended family strain. Her work often centers on repairing communication, managing relationship and commitment worries, and coping with major life changes. She helps people address codependency, body image struggles, dissociation, and the effects of domestic violence or separation.
She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress and cancer-related emotional challenges. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with practical methods such as cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. Emotionally-focused techniques are used when attachment and connection are central to the concern.
The result is a flexible, person-focused plan built around what the individual wants to change. Sharla practices in Missouri and holds the LPC credential, Licensed Professional Counselor. She conducts sessions in English and accepts international clients.
She offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based messaging formats to fit varied schedules and needs.
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What Sharla works with
The areas below are the ones Sharla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and identify their own next steps for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand attachment and relationship patterns and can be useful when connection or communication is a central issue.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sharla collaborates with each person to test approaches and pick what fits their needs and goals. She adjusts methods over time based on progress and feedback so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for on-the-go support, quick reflections, and step-by-step homework between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around school, work, or caregiving duties.
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