About Sharon
Sharon Carroll helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or like a part of themselves is missing. She meets each person where they are and focuses on restoring a sense of purpose, connection, and calm. Sharon listens carefully and helps clients set clear goals for their lives and relationships.
With 18 years of experience, Sharon blends practical techniques with emotional work. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect current needs.
How Sharon works
She uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and to try new ways of responding. She also brings in elements of emotionally focused work and the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are central. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Sharon aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly about loss, anger, or the strain of caregiving. She also supports those navigating divorce or separation, blended family issues, and work transitions. Her practice includes attention to grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Sharon’s training includes a Master of Arts in Psychology from Houston Christian University, a Master of Business Administration from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. She holds LPC and LPCC credentials. Her background also includes work leading groups on grief and career transition.
She offers sessions in English from California and provides several online formats. People start by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits their needs. Sharon aims to help clients reconnect with what matters and move toward a life that feels more authentic.
Sharon lists 7 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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and life work
Sharon commonly uses attachment-based and cognitive behavioral approaches to address relationship patterns and individual struggles. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current needs and reactions, which can help when patterns of distance or clinginess cause pain. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress.She also brings emotionally focused ideas into sessions when couples or partners need help reconnecting. Emotionally focused techniques aim to help people identify the emotions under conflict and practice new responses that build trust and closeness. Choosing the right approach is collaborative - Sharon and the client discuss goals and try methods that fit the person’s needs and preferences rather than using a single method for everyone.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or hands-free movement is needed. Live chat and text messaging permit shorter check-ins and flexible communication between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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