- Practical skills
- Values-based work
- Compassionate care
About Sharon
Sharon Sterling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Arizona with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self esteem, depression, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Her style is calm and straightforward and she focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
Sharon pays attention to the whole of a person's life rather than a single symptom. She talks with clients about communication habits, caregiving strain, and the small day-to-day choices that affect mood and self-worth. She often works on building self-compassion, repairing communication patterns, and finding purpose after big transitions.
She uses tools drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Those tools include clear exercises, thought-tracking, values clarification, and skills for managing intense emotions. Sharon blends those methods to fit each person's needs and goals.
Sharon has a particular sensitivity to women's issues and caregiver stress, and she supports people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, and forgiveness. Her sessions aim to leave people with concrete coping strategies and clearer next steps. She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
To begin, Sharon asks people to describe what matters most to them and what gets in the way. From there she and the client set simple, realistic goals and practical homework to try between sessions.
Sharon pays attention to the whole of a person's life rather than a single symptom. She talks with clients about communication habits, caregiving strain, and the small day-to-day choices that affect mood and self-worth. She often works on building self-compassion, repairing communication patterns, and finding purpose after big transitions.
She uses tools drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Those tools include clear exercises, thought-tracking, values clarification, and skills for managing intense emotions. Sharon blends those methods to fit each person's needs and goals.
Sharon has a particular sensitivity to women's issues and caregiver stress, and she supports people dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, and forgiveness. Her sessions aim to leave people with concrete coping strategies and clearer next steps. She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
To begin, Sharon asks people to describe what matters most to them and what gets in the way. From there she and the client set simple, realistic goals and practical homework to try between sessions.