- Practical coping skills
- Writing for healing
- Attachment-focused care
About Sharon
Sharon (Shonnie) Brown is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with three decades of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, self-esteem concerns, grief, and major life changes. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Shonnie draws on a mix of methods to fit each person's needs. She uses cognitive tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness and coping skills to ease intense feelings, and writing exercises when that feels useful. Goal setting is part of most plans, and she pays attention to how attachment and family history shape present problems.
Her background includes a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from JFK University in Orinda, California. Over the years she has worked with individuals and couples and led groups about separation, infidelity, co-parenting, and social anxiety. She also writes professionally and often uses writing as a therapeutic tool.
Shonnie describes her style as honest, direct, and warm. She emphasizes learning self-soothing and building self-compassion before moving into bigger life changes. Practical tools and real-life skills are a big part of sessions.
Clients often bring concerns like toxic workplace stress, divorce and separation, parenting strain, intimacy issues, ADHD challenges, and aging-related worries. She encourages small, manageable steps and focuses on developing clearer boundaries, healthier self-talk, and daily practices that support lasting change.
Shonnie draws on a mix of methods to fit each person's needs. She uses cognitive tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness and coping skills to ease intense feelings, and writing exercises when that feels useful. Goal setting is part of most plans, and she pays attention to how attachment and family history shape present problems.
Her background includes a B.A. from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from JFK University in Orinda, California. Over the years she has worked with individuals and couples and led groups about separation, infidelity, co-parenting, and social anxiety. She also writes professionally and often uses writing as a therapeutic tool.
Shonnie describes her style as honest, direct, and warm. She emphasizes learning self-soothing and building self-compassion before moving into bigger life changes. Practical tools and real-life skills are a big part of sessions.
Clients often bring concerns like toxic workplace stress, divorce and separation, parenting strain, intimacy issues, ADHD challenges, and aging-related worries. She encourages small, manageable steps and focuses on developing clearer boundaries, healthier self-talk, and daily practices that support lasting change.