About Sharon
Sharon Black helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strains, grief, trauma, and parenting challenges. She is Sharon Black, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with six years of clinical experience. She works with concerns ranging from mood disorders and ADHD to intimacy and career stress.
Her sessions tend to be direct and warm. She favors clear talk and practical steps that fit daily life.
How Sharon works
Sharon draws on tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and emotion-focused work to address thinking patterns and relationship dynamics. Sharon also uses acceptance-based methods and attachment ideas to help people notice what matters and build more stable connections. She can introduce skills from dialectical behavior approaches for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when needed.
Her aim is to mix strategies that match each person’s goals. Her background includes outpatient therapy across a range of problems, and work with substance use concerns and relapse-prevention groups. She has led groups in anger management, conflict resolution, and parenting.
Sharon describes her style as open, honest, and relatable. Clients can expect collaboration on goals and straightforward plans they can use between sessions. She works in Virginia and communicates in English.
International clients may arrange sessions when appropriate.
Sharon lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Sharon works with
The areas below are the ones Sharon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
How Sharon's Methods Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people identify what matters most and take small committed steps toward those values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting patterns of thought and behavior, then practicing new reactions and coping skills to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. The therapist will work together with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where strategies are adjusted over time based on what helps in real life. Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work, not a one-time decision. Online formats support these approaches through flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill practice and real-time feedback. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option for a focused check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to get brief supports, carry out homework, or check progress between sessions. These choices let people fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity when in-person visits are difficult.Start online instead of waiting
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