About Sharon
Sharon Calhoun is a Michigan-based licensed social worker with 35 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, anger, and relationship struggles. Sharon writes treatment plans with clear goals and practical steps.
She speaks English and works with adults in individual formats. Sharon’s style is warm and collaborative. She helps people understand patterns that keep them stuck and tries to make change feel doable.
How Sharon works
Sessions aim to build coping skills, strengthen self-worth, and reduce overwhelming feelings. She uses straightforward tools so people can practice between meetings. Her background includes long-term work across a range of life stages and concerns.
That experience informs how she assesses issues like attachment wounds, family of origin patterns, communication problems, codependency, and feelings of emptiness. She also addresses challenges tied to aging, fatherhood, blended families, divorce, and domestic violence. Sharon draws on several therapy approaches to match a person’s needs.
She may use cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, trauma-focused strategies to process painful memories, or motivational interviewing to support change around substance use. Each plan is adapted to what the person wants to accomplish. Practical matters are part of how she works.
Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
Sharon lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Sharon's Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people identify patterns in closeness and trust and learn new ways to relate. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers tools to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for anxiety and depression. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change and build commitment, which can be useful for substance use or other behavior shifts.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and situation. She adjusts strategies over time based on how someone responds and what they want to achieve.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues during conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to connect in short moments during a day and keep work moving between sessions. These options provide flexibility and let people fit therapy into real schedules while working toward meaningful change.
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