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Sharon Carroll

Relationship-focused counselor guiding life change

LPC, LPCC California

Experience
18 years in practice
Focus areas
Relationship, Family, Grief
Approaches
Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Sharon

Sharon Carroll is a licensed professional counselor who helps people feeling lost after life changes or relationship hurt. She listens for what matters most and works with each person to clarify goals and rebuild a sense of self.

Background and approach

Many come wanting to feel seen, understood, and valued again. Sharon uses practical talk, focused exercises, and relationship tools to guide change.

She adapts her approach so sessions match what a person needs and what feels useful. That can mean addressing grief, sorting through a breakup, or learning new ways to handle anger and stress.

She has 18 years of experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and the strain of caregiving or career transitions. Sharon also focuses on attachment and codependency issues, communication problems, blended family challenges, and forgiveness work.

Sharon works with individuals and couples and has led groups on grief and career transition topics. She brings a mix of clinical and life-coaching perspectives, holding an MA in Psychology and additional coaching certification.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak openly. Together she helps clients name goals, try new skills, and build resilience for future challenges.

Sharon practices in California and offers work that draws on relationship-focused methods including the Gottman Method and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral and attachment-based approaches. Her style is direct, supportive, and collaborative.

How relationship work translates to online therapy

Sharon commonly draws on the Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. The Gottman Method focuses on practical skills for improving communication, reducing conflict, and strengthening connection in relationships. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of closeness and safety from early relationships to help people change how they respond now. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, offering empathy and acceptance so clients can identify their own solutions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Sharon collaborates with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on goals, history, and what they prefer to try. She may combine elements from different methods as progress unfolds.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for role plays or couple work, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy days while keeping the focus on practical change and connection.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sharon commonly address?
She helps with relationship problems, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, anger, career shifts, depression, coaching needs, and compassion fatigue.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using conversation and exercises to clarify goals and try new skills. She adapts methods to what resonates with each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with individuals and couples and has also facilitated groups on grief and career transition topics.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She does not take international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does the subscription and cost structure work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

18+ years

Licensed in

Texas, California

Languages

English