About Sharon
Sharon Forde Marshall uses evidence-based talk therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship struggles. She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 23 years of experience. Sharon speaks English and works with people facing life transitions who want clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to match what each person needs. Sessions are straightforward and focused on practical skills you can use between meetings.
How Sharon works
Sharon helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding to stress and strong feelings. Attachment-based and client-centered ideas guide how she builds trust and understands relationship concerns. Those methods help when past hurts, abandonment, adoption or foster care experiences, or immigration stress affect current relationships.
Sharon also addresses issues such as body image, caregiver strain, impulsivity, and communication problems. For people navigating divorce, infidelity, jealousy, or midlife changes, her work focuses on actionable steps and clearer decision making. She supports parents and caregivers dealing with family problems without assuming any single solution fits everyone.
Her style is respectful, direct, and tailored to each person's goals. Sessions can focus on building coping skills, improving self-esteem, or finding purpose after a major change. Sharon helps clients set realistic goals and tracks progress over time.
She encourages steady practice so gains last beyond therapy.
Sharon lists 10 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them and clarifying what matters most. It can help when stress, anxiety, or life transitions make decisions feel harder. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. It is useful for building skills that improve day-to-day functioning. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication for people who struggle with intense reactions or impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process means approaches may be combined or shifted as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful when visual cues and a fuller conversation matter. Phone sessions can fit short check-ins or times with limited bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, ongoing support between sessions, and for people who prefer typed communication. These formats make therapy easier to schedule around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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