Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
How Sharon works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sharon
Sharon Sumler is a Licensed Master Social Worker who helps people facing strong emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical ways to manage stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, and relationship strain. Sharon brings two decades of experience and a calm, direct style to sessions.
She frames problems as things people can work through with steady steps. Sharon uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and to build new habits.
Background and approach
She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and mindfulness practices to help ground people in difficult moments. Her approach is collaborative and person-centered. Sharon listens first, then helps clients set small, realistic goals.
Sessions often include goal planning, skills practice, and checking what works between meetings. Sharon has experience supporting people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stresses, intimacy concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career strain. She also addresses issues such as co-dependency, attachment problems, blended family concerns, and caregiver stress.
Her background includes long-term practice in social work and community settings in Michigan. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sharon works with each person to pick formats and strategies that fit their daily life.
She aims to help people build practical coping tools and clearer direction. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
What Sharon works with
Everything Sharon lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sharon's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Hoarding
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Sharon lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Sharon commonly blends cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with client-centered listening. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing routines that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and anger. Dialectical behavior therapy offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationship conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust plans based on what helps. The process is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat make it easier to fit support into busy days and to use brief coaching between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Sharon
What concerns does Sharon commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, parenting challenges, and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. Sharon listens closely, then helps people set small goals and practice concrete skills between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience in social work settings supporting a range of concerns and life changes.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) and is located in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does scheduling and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule.