About Sharon
Dr. Sharon Belhamel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and the everyday effects of ADHD. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her style is collaborative and aimed at improving daily functioning and emotional balance. With 20 years of clinical experience, Dr. Belhamel uses a blend of evidence-informed approaches.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop new coping habits.
Background and approach
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take small actions that matter to them. Her work often centers on life transitions, grief, career concerns, and the fallout from trauma or addiction. She supports people managing mood disorders such as bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and co-occurring challenges like chronic illness or caregiving stress.
She also addresses intimacy-related issues, body image, and some identity concerns within the LGBT community. Sessions mix problem-solving and emotional work. Clients can expect goal-focused conversations, practical skills to try between sessions, and check-ins on what’s working.
Dr. Belhamel adapts methods to each person's needs while keeping the focus on daily improvements people can notice. She practices in Georgia and offers services in English.
International clients are accepted, and sessions are offered in several online formats. Getting started includes a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on therapist availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then to choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and building practical coping skills for problems like stress, mood swings, and ADHD-related challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy issues, trust, and relationship distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. Sessions often mix techniques so people can try what helps and adjust over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues for more interactive work. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, and steady contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules and life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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