Sharon Forde Marshall, LMHC

Sharon Forde Marshall is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strains, and life transitions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with other methods to create clear, usable steps clients can try between sessions. Sharon emphasizes respectful, compassionate care and meets people where they are.

With 23 years of experience, she focuses on improving self-esteem, motivation, and everyday coping skills. Sessions often look at patterns of thought and behavior that get in the way, then build new responses that feel more useful. She also addresses family problems, communication breakdowns, control issues, and the emotional fallout from separation and infidelity.

Sharon works with people facing identity and life-stage challenges like midlife reassessment, life purpose questions, and immigration-related stress. She pays attention to attachment themes such as abandonment or challenges tied to adoption and foster care. Caregiver stress and body image concerns are also part of her practice.

Her style is collaborative and client-centered. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs and goals rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. She helps clients translate insight into small, manageable changes that add up over time.

Sharon supports people through forgiveness work, coping with impulsivity and jealousy, and rebuilding trust after breaches. The focus is on practical tools and steady progress so people feel more capable in day-to-day life.

Approaches that guide online work and practical tools

Sharon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that increase distress, then practice alternative ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her work, which focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult feelings are present.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Sharon will discuss each method and help clients choose what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts methods over time so therapy stays relevant as situations change.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility for scheduling, let people continue work from different locations, and help maintain momentum between sessions.