Dr. Shari Richardson
Compassionate, practical guidance for meaningful change
LCSW New York
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Shari
Dr. Shari Richardson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of clinical experience based in New York.
Background and approach
She combines a doctoral-level understanding of social work with hands-on practice addressing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, and issues connected to foster care and adoption. Her work often attends to the practical effects of acute and chronic life stressors and the ways attachment and interpersonal patterns shape emotional responses and behavior.
Her therapeutic stance is integrative and collaborative, drawing on evidence-informed tools such as cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and solution-focused methods. She emphasizes helping clients recognize how life experiences can generate deficit-based feelings while supporting the difficult work of translating insight into sustained change.
Dr. Richardson invites clients to bring vulnerability into therapy as a form of strength and positions herself as a partner in moving toward clearer goals, healthier relationships, and greater emotional stability.
Approach-Oriented Online Care and Practical Tools
Many of her sessions use cognitive behavioral methods to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop concrete coping strategies for problems like anxiety, depression, stress, and mood instability. This approach focuses on skills and experiments that can change patterns of thinking and behavior over time.She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize empathic listening and the client's own goals, creating a supportive space where personal values and readiness drive progress. In practice she combines these perspectives so that goals and techniques align with what each person needs, and she works collaboratively with clients to determine which tools feel most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, travel, or those who prefer written or shorter interactions. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care across locations and to access therapy in ways that fit daily life. Licensed professionals and therapists can adjust pace and approach remotely to support steady progress toward clients' goals.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed
New York
Languages
English