Sharon Sterling, LCSW

Sharon Sterling is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of practice in Arizona. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, and big life changes. Her work is straightforward and practical, aimed at reducing overwhelming feelings and improving daily coping.

Sharon focuses on building skills people can use between sessions. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and shift them toward more useful actions. She also teaches breathing and grounding techniques for panic and high anxiety moments.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools. That means she uses thought-based strategies, values-guided decisions, and emotion-regulation skills as needed. Sharon mixes these methods to match each person's situation rather than following one protocol.

Many people come to her for help with caregiver stress, communication problems, guilt and shame, or feeling isolated. She also supports those working through grief, forgiveness, and questions of life purpose. Sessions aim to clarify priorities and create small, manageable steps forward.

Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sharon describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients set goals and try practical strategies between meetings. The focus is on steady progress and usable tools.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Sharon uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns. CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and is often used for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify their values and take action even when difficult emotions are present. ACT is useful for finding direction during life transitions and for reducing the struggle with painful feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will talk with clients about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. The process is collaborative and adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face work from different locations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging provide shorter check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a schedule and to practice skills in real-world settings.