Shari Lightfield , LPC

With seven years of professional experience, Shari Lightfield approaches counseling with a positive, strength-based, and person-centered perspective. She has worked in residential and outpatient community mental health settings, providing individual, group, and family therapy that honors each person's resilience and unique needs.

Shari integrates a range of therapeutic techniques to tailor care to the individual. Her practice draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Trauma-Focused CBT to address distressing thoughts and trauma reactions, mindfulness-based practices to build present-moment awareness, existential and eco-psychology perspectives to explore meaning and connection, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to support trauma processing. She emphasizes practical, strengths-oriented interventions alongside creative, non-traditional tools when those options fit a client’s goals and preferences.

Shari regards the therapeutic relationship as a distinctive professional bond that relies on authenticity, clear communication, mutual respect, trust, and commitment. She invites people to begin their healing journey with intention and openness, offering collaborative support as they work toward clearer understanding, improved coping, and healthier relationships. Shari Lightfield, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), focuses on meeting clients where they are and helping them move forward.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns influence current emotional needs and connection styles. It helps people who struggle with trust, abandonment, attachment injuries, or relationship conflicts by exploring emotional bonds and building safer ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy is a collaborative, non-directive approach that centers the client’s experience and innate capacity for growth. Through empathic listening and genuine presence, it supports people working through self-esteem, life transitions, and identity concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replace them with more adaptive options. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and practical coping skills development.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process; Shari will work collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts strategies over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow therapy to fit into varied schedules and life demands. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and try different communication styles while working with licensed professionals and therapists.