About Sharmian
Sharmian McCoy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and intimacy concerns. She writes and talks simply, offering steady support as people take the first steps toward change. Her approach is direct and compassionate, aimed at short-term relief and longer-term growth.
She draws on 25 years of experience to tailor sessions to each person’s needs. That experience includes helping with mood disorders like depression and bipolar symptoms, grief and loss, and caregiver or compassion fatigue.
How Sharmian works
She also addresses practical life challenges such as career stress, parenting strain, and midlife transitions. Therapy sessions focus on identifying patterns that get in the way and building useful skills to change them. Sharmian uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories and Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside Internal Family Systems ideas to work with painful memories and inner parts. She helps people with relationship difficulties, communication and commitment issues, blended family stress, and separation or divorce concerns.
Additional areas include postpartum depression, sexual assault and abuse recovery, veteran and armed forces issues, and isolation or loneliness. Practical coaching on goals and self-love is available as part of the work. Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Sharmian encourages people to take one small step toward help and to shape the work around their goals.
Sharmian lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Sharmian works with
The areas below are the ones Sharmian 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
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Sharmian commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to gently work through painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life. Narrative Therapy is used to help people retell their life stories in ways that support healing and stronger self-worth.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level. Together they review what helps, adjust the plan, and move at a pace that feels manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for short updates, homework, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep regular contact between sessions.
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