About Sharlese
Sharlese Jones uses practical, evidence-based methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT with 18 years of experience working in California. Sharlese writes plainly with a focus on helping people find their own strengths and clearer direction.
She helps people handle daily pressure and big life changes. That includes worries about work and career, problems with intimacy, grief, and the effects of trauma and abuse.
How Sharlese works
She also supports people facing addiction, bipolar symptoms, anger, low self-esteem, and LGBT-related concerns. Sessions focus on learning skills and testing small changes that make life feel more manageable. Sharlese aims to help clients reconnect with what matters to them and build practical habits that fit their day-to-day life.
Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her approach is goal-oriented but flexible. She breaks down challenges into steps people can try between sessions.
This helps clients see clearer progress and develop confidence in handling future problems. Sharlese invites people to take a first step by answering a short questionnaire and scheduling a session. The focus is on real-world improvements - reducing distress, improving relationships, and increasing emotional balance.
She encourages curiosity and steady effort as the path to lasting change.
What Sharlese works with
The areas below are the ones Sharlese selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Sharlese uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical strategies. One common approach helps people learn coping skills for stress and anxiety through step-by-step exercises and behavioral changes. This method is useful for everyday pressure, panic, and worry by teaching breathing, pacing, and action plans to reduce overwhelm.Another approach centers on improving relationships and intimacy through better communication and understanding patterns. It helps people notice how they react in close relationships and try new ways of relating that can reduce conflict and increase connection. These techniques often include role practice and small in-session experiments to build confidence.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That means adjusting pace, testing techniques, and checking what helps most as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for fitting care into busy lives. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills in everyday settings.
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