About Sharon
Sharon McKay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida. She brings 16 years of experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, addictions, and questions around identity and relationships. Sharon uses straightforward, person-focused care to help people make practical changes in daily life.
Her approach emphasizes listening first. She aims to build a collaborative relationship where the client’s goals guide each step. Sessions tend to be direct and practical, with room to talk through emotions and develop new ways to cope.
Background and approach
Sharon draws on several proven therapy methods to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered techniques to keep sessions focused on what matters most to the individual. Cognitive behavioral ideas help identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors in everyday situations.
Emotionally focused methods are used to look at patterns in close relationships and how emotions shape interactions. Mindfulness practices are introduced to build calm and present-moment awareness when stress or strong feelings get in the way. Sharon also brings experience with issues such as trauma and abuse, eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, anger, self-esteem, and a range of relationship problems.
She supports people dealing with adoption and foster care histories, blended family issues, and struggles with codependency, control, guilt, or shame. Practical options for meeting include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sharon follows a flexible, collaborative model so people can shape therapy to fit their lives.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Sharon uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities; this means the work starts with what the person brings and moves at their pace. Client-centered ideas help people feel heard and choose goals that matter to them.She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT tools are easy to use in video or phone sessions and are helpful for anxiety, depression, panic, and mood changes.
Emotionally-focused therapy is used when relationship patterns and strong emotions are central concerns. In online sessions this approach looks at how feelings and interaction styles keep problems repeating and helps people try different ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss options and adjust methods based on the client’s goals, needs, and preferences. The process is collaborative and can combine techniques as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English