About Sharon
Sharon Pluck is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a client-centered approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. She brings 15 years of experience and focuses on practical, straightforward support. Sharon works from a strengths-based view and treats each person as the expert on their own life.
She emphasizes clear goals and small, doable steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her toolbox to help identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are used to practice noticing feelings without getting overwhelmed. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change when ambivalence shows up. Solution-Focused Therapy is often used to set short-term goals and track progress between sessions.
These methods are selected to fit the concern at hand and the person in front of her. Sharon has supported people through issues such as depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, and addiction-related concerns. She also works with LGBT-related challenges and gender dysphoria, helping people explore identity and next steps at their own pace.
Sessions aim to be practical and rooted in everyday life. Sharon encourages straightforward conversations about what is working and what needs to change. Her New Jersey license is LCSW, and she conducts sessions in English.
How Sharon’s approaches translate to online therapy
Sharon uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen, reflect, and help people identify their own goals. This approach focuses on the person’s priorities and builds a trusting working relationship that guides every session.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to name unhelpful thinking patterns and practice new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it gives concrete tools to use between sessions.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple paying-attention skills that reduce reactivity and increase present-moment control. These practices can be brief and fit into daily routines so people can try them between meetings.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sharon works together with each person to decide which methods make sense for their goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so the work remains relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow for face-to-face conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can provide shorter check-ins, goal tracking, and quick support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and help fit support into busy lives.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Sharon address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
Where is she licensed and based?
Which languages are supported?
What session formats are available?
How does pricing work?
How do I get started?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English