- Warm collaborative style
- Practical coping steps
- Focus on attachment
About Sharon
Dr. Sharon Young is a Pennsylvania psychologist with 22 years of clinical experience. She offers steady, straightforward support for people facing relationship challenges, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and codependency concerns. Her manner is warm and collaborative, and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.
Dr. Young earned a doctorate (PhD) in clinical psychology and has worked across many settings, including community mental health, outpatient clinics, hospitals, and a university counseling center. She has helped people with mood disorders, anxiety conditions, substance use concerns, trauma-related problems, and challenges like parenting stress, sleep disruption, and coping with life changes.
In sessions she draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships affect feelings and behavior. She also uses client-centered listening and cognitive-behavioral techniques to help identify patterns and try different responses. Her style is present, empathic, and focused on goals that clients set together.
People who come for help with shame, control issues, family of origin problems, or feelings of emptiness will find attention to both emotions and everyday actions. She can also support those dealing with anger, forgiveness, or hospice and end-of-life concerns.
If you want to start, follow the site process to match and schedule. The approach is collaborative: the first sessions typically clarify priorities and practical steps to try between meetings.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Attachment-Based Therapy helps look at how past and current relationships shape feelings of safety and trust. It’s useful for people wrestling with closeness, abandonment fears, or recurring relationship patterns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathic listening and helping people clarify their own goals. It supports self-understanding and personal choices without pushing a specific agenda. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches ways to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic routines.Finding the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. Early sessions typically focus on priorities and testing practical strategies to see what helps.
Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, remove travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full visit isn’t needed. It also lets the therapist and client try tools like behavioral experiments, emotion-focused exercises, and homework assignments between meetings to support steady progress.
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Experience
22+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, depression, anxiety, stress, and codependency among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, collaborative, and client-centered. She listens closely and works with clients to set goals and try practical changes between sessions.
What is her background and experience?
She has a PhD in clinical psychology and more than 22 years of experience across outpatient clinics, hospitals, university counseling, and community mental health settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Pennsylvania Psychologist with the designation PA Psychologist PS016165 and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click 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.