About Sharon
Sharon Link is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and grief. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to feel better. Sharon works with adults and adolescents and supports those dealing with sleep, eating, intimacy, and parenting challenges.
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens with respect and offers concrete tools people can use between sessions.
How Sharon works
Clients set the pace and goals while she guides with skills drawn from several evidence-based approaches. Sharon aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life. Sharon blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing methods when trauma and overwhelming emotions are present. This mix helps address symptoms, day-to-day coping, and deeper patterns that affect relationships and self-esteem. Over her career she has worked with individuals managing mood disorders, addiction, trauma, and stress related to caregiving or chronic illness.
She also focuses on attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, and issues tied to guilt and forgiveness. Her experience includes hospice and end-of-life counseling. Sharon is licensed as an LCSW in Missouri and Wyoming.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into a busy life.
Sharon lists 11 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
How Sharon’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and respect, putting the person’s goals at the center of each session and helping them feel understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss goals, preferences, and the problems you bring to decide which methods to use. That collaborative planning helps shape session focus and which tools are taught or practiced between meetings.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and share exercises. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or to fit a check-in during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging are good for ongoing support, brief check-ins, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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