Sharon Toldson, LMHC

Sharon Toldson is a licensed mental health counselor with nearly two decades of practice in Florida. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. Sharon aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear so families and individuals can move forward.

Her approach is practical and straightforward. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep problems going and trying small, doable changes. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people identify values and take actions that match those values.

Sharon also brings skills from dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for intense emotions and from the Gottman Method for communication work in relationship issues. She adapts techniques to each person's situation rather than following a single script. Conversations are paced to fit what the client needs that week.

Over 19 years she has worked with people dealing with trauma, addiction, panic, seasonal mood changes, and career stress. Sharon pays attention to attachment and blended-family dynamics when relevant. She aims to reduce shame and build self-love while helping clients set reachable goals.

In sessions she balances practical skill-building with listening and real-world planning. Clients leave with specific steps to practice between meetings and a clearer sense of what to try next.

CBT, ACT, DBT tools for online care

Sharon uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, then practices new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and many everyday stressors.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify their values and take actions that match what matters most. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotions feel intense or overwhelm coping - it teaches practical ways to calm down and communicate more effectively.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. Sharon works collaboratively to pick approaches that match a person's goals and preferences and adjusts methods as progress is made. Clients and therapist decide together what to try next based on what is working.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging helps keep work moving between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, and family commitments while keeping therapy consistent and practical.