About Sharon
Sharon McKay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood problems, addiction, and identity concerns. Sharon uses clear, straightforward language and an encouraging approach when meeting new clients.
Sharon blends direct support with practical skills. She draws on client-centered care to follow each person's priorities. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful patterns and build new coping habits.
How Sharon works
Mindfulness practices are used to help people calm their reactions and stay present. Her work often addresses difficult life events such as trauma, abuse, abandonment, and complex relationship stress. She also helps people navigate issues related to gender identity, substance use, eating concerns, and major mood shifts.
She pays attention to how shame, guilt, and impulsivity affect everyday choices. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps. Sharon helps set clear goals, practices new skills in session, and adapts strategies as needed.
She combines motivational interviewing with emotionally focused ideas when deeper relationship themes appear. People who prefer a practical, warm, and steady therapist tend to fit well with her style. Sharon aims to build a collaborative working relationship so clients can try new approaches and notice real change over time.
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Sharon Uses Talk, Tools, and Mindfulness Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the individual. It helps people clarify priorities and feel heard while they set achievable goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them; it is useful for anxiety, panic, mood problems, and ADHD-related patterns.Finding the right approach is a shared task. Sharon works with each person to decide which methods to try and adjusts plans based on progress and preferences. The process is collaborative, with regular checks to see what helps and what needs changing.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and in-session practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates, skill rehearsal, and reminders between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules and needs while keeping focus on the same therapeutic work described above.
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