- 30 years experience
- Trauma and addictions
- Practical skills focus
About Sharie
Sharie Kelley is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, ADHD, and relationship concerns. Her work often addresses grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, and self-esteem. Sharie also accompanies clients facing career changes, compassion fatigue, and intimacy issues.
She uses straightforward, educational methods to help people understand their patterns and make practical changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy inform much of her work. She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for people processing traumatic memories.
Sharie trained in Hawaii and earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989. She practiced in Hawaii for 22 years, where cultural awareness was a central part of her training. That background shapes her respect for different cultural values in therapy.
Her clinical history includes outpatient therapy, dual-diagnosis work in a methadone clinic, and extensive crisis intervention across a county. That crisis work exposed her to suicidality, psychosis, intoxication, and other urgent presentations in many settings. Earlier in her career she did child and family contract work, adoption social work, and private practice with military dependents and couples.
In sessions she focuses on communication, triggers, and practical skills people can use day to day. She draws on mediation-style techniques and psychoeducation to help clients build new habits. People who want frank, experienced guidance around money-related stress and life transitions may find her approach helpful.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. In practice that means learning values-based goals and small steps to move toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns such as avoidance or rigid thinking. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that uses bilateral stimulation alongside memory processing to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related anxiety. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, past treatment, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. Confirm the available session formats before booking, as specific options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing for appointments during work breaks or evenings. It can also allow shorter check-ins when those are helpful, or sessions without video if that suits someone better. Licensed professionals can adapt EMDR, CBT, ACT, and DBT techniques for remote sessions, and the therapist will explain how each approach will work in an online setting.Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Sharie address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, career transitions, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her approach to therapy?
Her style is psychoeducational and skill-based. She uses CBT, ACT, DBT, client-centered ideas, and EMDR for trauma work to help clients learn new behaviors and coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sharie has 30 years of clinical experience across outpatient care, dual-diagnosis treatment, and extensive crisis intervention work in many settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, and practices out of Oregon.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.