About Sharon
Sharon Sterling is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 20 years of hands-on experience to therapy in Arizona. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, parenting strains, and major life changes. Sharon speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Sharon uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change patterns that cause pain.
Background and approach
She works with clients to build better coping skills, handle panic or mood shifts, and lessen feelings of isolation. The goal is to increase day-to-day functioning and emotional balance rather than chase quick fixes. Her sessions are collaborative and goal-focused.
Sharon helps people clarify values, practice new ways of thinking, and try small behavioral changes. She also addresses caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, guilt, shame, and forgiveness as part of broader emotional work. Sharon pays attention to women’s issues and the stresses that often come in midlife.
She offers guidance for people looking for more self-love, clearer life purpose, or help managing post-traumatic stress symptoms and panic attacks. Her tone is steady, direct, and empathetic. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a variety of online formats.
Sharon is identified by her Arizona license AZ LCSW LCSW-23707 and brings long experience to each person she sees.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match what matters most. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and finding clearer life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and skill practice, which can reduce symptoms of depression, panic, and mood disorders. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that can help with strong emotions and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor techniques from these approaches. The process is collaborative, and the plan can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy with Sharon is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face connection and richer conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and chat or text can work for quick check-ins or scheduling-friendly brief support. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and connect from different locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English