About Sharleen
Sharleen King is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience based in Virginia. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and self-esteem issues. Sharleen aims to meet each person where they are and build from their existing strengths.
She emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own stories. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Sharleen helps people identify small, doable steps that lead to change rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions.
How Sharleen works
Her background includes long-term clinical work supporting people after difficult life events. That experience informs a steady, patient approach when working through painful memories or ongoing mood challenges. She pays attention to how day-to-day routines, relationships, and past experiences shape current problems.
Sharleen also addresses related concerns such as adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric challenges, coping after disasters, and multicultural concerns. She brings experience with family of origin patterns, forgiveness, guilt, hoarding, and other life disruptions that often sit alongside anxiety or depression. In sessions she focuses on clear goals and practical strategies.
Conversations cover coping skills, problem solving, and ways to strengthen self-worth. The aim is to help people find steady progress and a clearer sense of purpose.
What Sharleen works with
The areas below are the ones Sharleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Sharleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people manage strong emotions and recurring patterns. One common approach she employs centers on building practical coping skills to reduce daily anxiety and stabilize mood; this includes learning routines, grounding exercises, and behavior changes that make everyday life more manageable. Another approach emphasizes processing difficult experiences and understanding how past events shape current responses; this helps when trauma, abuse, or persistent shame are part of the picture.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will work with each person to identify needs, preferences, and goals, then tailor methods over time. The plan can change as progress is made or new challenges arise, and clients are encouraged to give feedback about what helps them most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person sessions and allow for visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or reflection between scheduled meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and stay consistent with the work.
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