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Sharon Carroll

Relationship and life transition therapist

LPC, LPCC California

Experience
18 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Family, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English

About Sharon

Sharon Carroll offers support for people who feel disconnected from themselves or overwhelmed by relationships, loss, and life transitions. She helps clients clarify goals and rebuild a sense of purpose when confidence, connection, or direction has weakened.

Background and approach

Sharon emphasizes being seen and heard while helping clients recover lost parts of themselves and rediscover what matters. With 18 years of clinical experience, Sharon blends practical, evidence-informed techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with relational approaches that focus on attachment and emotional experience.

She adapts her methods to fit each person’s needs, drawing on client-centered and emotionally-focused strategies as appropriate. Her work also incorporates relationship tools for couples and methods that address grief, career shifts, caregiving stress, and communication challenges.

Sharon holds LPC and LPCC credentials and has taught and led groups on grief, career transition, and resilience topics. Based in California, she combines a warm, nonjudgmental stance with goal-oriented support to help clients heal, strengthen relationships, and build lasting coping skills.

How Sharon's Approaches Translate to Online Care

Sharon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this approach is practical for addressing anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning. She also draws from Attachment-Based Therapy, which pays attention to relational patterns and early bonds to help people understand how they relate to others and heal from attachment wounds. In sessions she may use client-centered principles to maintain a supportive, nonjudgmental space while focusing on the goals each person brings.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is a collaborative process. Sharon works with clients to explore which methods fit their needs, values, and goals, and she adjusts techniques as progress and preferences emerge. That collaborative stance helps clients feel more involved in setting the pace and direction of work on relationships, grief, or life changes.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions around work, caregiving, or travel and allow clients to access consistent support from California-based licensed professionals without needing to commute. The varied formats also let clients choose more immediate ways to check in between sessions or to use the communication style that feels most comfortable for them.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sharon commonly address?
Sharon works with people facing relationship difficulties, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems, parenting and career concerns, and compassion fatigue among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
She combines client-centered listening with practical, evidence-informed techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and emotionally-focused methods to help clients explore feelings, change unhelpful patterns, and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of experience working with individuals and couples and has facilitated groups on grief and career transition topics.
Where is she licensed and based?
Sharon holds LPC and LPCC credentials with license records TX LPC 63476 and CA LPCC 17363, and she practices from California.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are provided in English; she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
She offers several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give clients options that fit their schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

18+ years

Licensed

Texas, California

Languages

English