- Practical skill teaching
- Trauma-informed care
- Communication focus
About Sharie
Sharie Kelley is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience in mental health. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, codependency, parenting challenges, and life transitions. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at teaching skills people can use day to day.
Sharie blends a psychoeducational approach with methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered work. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR for trauma and anxiety when appropriate. Sessions often include skill practice, communication coaching, and ways to manage intense emotions.
Her background includes long-term work in outpatient settings, dual-diagnosis treatment at a methadone clinic, and seven years doing countywide crisis intervention. That crisis work covered a wide range of urgent situations in hospitals, jails, police stations, schools, and community locations. Earlier in her career she provided child and family services, adoption work, and private practice therapy for military dependents and couples.
Sharie trained in Hawaii, earning a Master of Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Bachelor of Arts from Hawaii Pacific College. Her education emphasized cultural awareness, and she aims to bring that sensitivity into sessions. She describes her practice as adaptable to different ages, genders, cultures, and beliefs.
People who choose Sharie can expect a straightforward, skills-focused process. She emphasizes triggers, communication, and practical strategies people can try between sessions. Those seeking help with codependency or addiction-related patterns may find this approach especially relevant.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where confusion about direction gets in the way.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing strong emotions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used for trauma and intense anxiety that works with memory processing. When it fits the client’s goals, elements of EMDR may be integrated into care.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and recommend methods to try. That plan can change over time based on what helps you make progress.
Confirm the specific session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and making it simpler to continue work during life transitions. Therapists work with clients to adapt exercises, homework, and communication practice to an online setting so sessions remain practical and focused.
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Experience
30+ years
Credentials
Oregon
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Sharie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, codependency, grief, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career worries, and related problems.
What is her approach in therapy?
Her approach is psychoeducational and skills-based, using cognitive behavioral methods, client-centered work, acceptance and commitment ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR for trauma and anxiety when appropriate.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience, including outpatient therapy, dual-diagnosis treatment, and extensive crisis intervention work across community settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and practices in Oregon.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the country?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.