About Sharon
Sharon McKay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 16 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and ADHD. Sharon aims to build a straightforward, respectful relationship where people feel heard and can make small, steady changes.
Her approach is client-centered and practical. Sessions often involve talking through current problems, spotting unhelpful patterns, and trying new skills between meetings.
Background and approach
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change thinking and behavior, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, and emotionally focused ideas to improve important relationships. Sharon commonly supports people dealing with trauma, mood and panic concerns, impulsivity, and issues tied to identity such as LGBTQ matters and gender dysphoria.
She also helps with life transitions, career stress, self-esteem, and family-related struggles like adoption or blended family dynamics. Addiction and recovery work are part of her background as well. Therapy with Sharon tends to be collaborative and goal-oriented.
She listens first, then suggests simple, practical tools that fit a person's daily life. Homework or short exercises are often given to reinforce progress between sessions. Sessions are available in several online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session when ready.
How Sharon’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. The therapist follows the client's pace, reflects concerns back, and helps people find their own solutions to stress, identity questions, or relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. Sharon uses practical exercises to help spot unhelpful thinking, try different actions, and build routines that reduce anxiety, impulsivity, or low mood.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and shift patterns in close relationships. It can be useful when communication, trust, or strong emotions are causing repeated conflict or feeling stuck.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process that values input from the person in therapy.
Online sessions let people fit therapy into busy days. Video calls are good for a full session with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions work well when video is not practical or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick coping ideas, or follow-up between longer appointments. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, energy levels, and communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
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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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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