Sharon Bowen
Compassionate social worker guiding steady change
LCSW, CSW North Carolina
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Sharon
Sharon Bowen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a decade of experience in social work and therapy. She brings a calm, steady presence to work with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and family concerns, grief, parenting challenges, and a range of other life difficulties.
Background and approach
Sharon emphasizes a nonjudgmental, compassionate approach that meets clients where they are in the therapeutic process and moves at a pace that feels manageable. Her background includes roles as an advocate, case manager, and therapist, which inform a practical, strengths-based way of working.
Sharon combines client-centered listening with evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and EMDR when appropriate, along with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to support coping and change. She aims to cultivate trust and openness so clients can address difficult emotions, explore patterns, and build skills for daily life.
Based in North Carolina, Sharon works with individuals on concerns including self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, bipolar disorder, sleep problems, ADHD, compassion fatigue, career transitions, and parenting. Her practice focuses on collaboration and steady support as clients pursue clearer goals and healthier routines.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Therapy
Sharon uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical skills to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. She also integrates client-centered techniques that prioritize empathetic listening and collaboration so clients set goals that reflect their values and pace. EMDR is another option she may draw on for trauma-related work, using structured processing to reduce the intensity of painful memories.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore which methods feel most relevant to their goals and adjusts plans over time based on how clients respond. This partnership helps shape whether sessions emphasize skill-building, processing difficult experiences, or strengthening coping strategies.
Online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging offer flexibility for different preferences and schedules. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, revisit skills between meetings, and maintain continuity when in-person visits are impractical. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, client-centered work, and EMDR-informed support to these formats to help clients move toward clearer routines and improved coping.
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Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, California
Languages
English