Sharon Kuhlmann, LMFT

Sharon Kuhlmann is a licensed marriage and family therapist with twenty years of clinical experience. She draws on practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or parenting challenges. Sharon aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk through pressing problems and learn usable tools.

Sharon combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with trauma-focused techniques to address upsetting memories and the thoughts that keep people stuck. Her background as a registered nurse informs how she explains the body's role in anxiety, sleep problems, and pain. That perspective helps her teach breathing, grounding, and self-calming strategies that people can use day to day.

She also uses EMDR for processing trauma and the Gottman Method when people want help with relationship patterns and communication. Mindfulness and solution-focused approaches show up in brief exercises and action steps that move a session toward a clear goal. Sessions typically include skill-building, short homework, and check-ins on progress.

Sharon has led a private counseling practice and supported clients through major life changes, grief, compassion fatigue, and career stress. Her style blends listening, teaching, and coaching to help people make small, steady changes. She invites clients to explain what matters most and then works collaboratively toward those goals.

Sharon practices from Minnesota and provides services in English. She offers multiple remote formats so people can choose what fits their routine and comfort level.

How key approaches translate to online therapy

CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. Online sessions can include thought records, behavioral plans, and homework that people use between meetings to reduce anxiety or improve mood.

EMDR is used to help process traumatic memories by pairing focused memory work with bilateral stimulation. In remote sessions the therapist guides the steps and teaches grounding and pacing to manage strong feelings during processing.

The Gottman Method focuses on communication skills and changing interaction patterns that harm relationships. Even online, the therapist can coach dialog techniques, teach repair strategies, and assign exercises partners can practice between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That shared planning helps shape a practical, goal-oriented path forward.

Remote formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for skill demonstrations and interactive work, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, and text options support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These choices give flexibility for fitting therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on progress and usable tools.