About Sharie
Sharie Gilner is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi who uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and self-esteem concerns. She frames clients as the experts in their own lives and focuses on building on their strengths. Her style is straightforward and supportive for those ready to make change.
Sharie draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and practice new ways of responding.
Background and approach
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change and to strengthen commitment. For trauma-related concerns she incorporates Trauma-Focused Therapy techniques to address past hurt while keeping the present goals in view. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and clear goals.
Sharie works with people who want to reduce symptoms, improve day-to-day coping, or build self-worth. She offers concrete tools for reducing anxiety, managing mood, and improving communication skills. With six years of experience, she combines a calm, respectful presence with goal-oriented strategies.
The work is collaborative - she listens, reflects, and adapts plans based on what’s helpful. Many people find brief exercises between sessions useful to practice new skills. Sharie provides services remotely for adults in English.
People who choose to work with her start by answering a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions based on availability.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's strengths. The therapist offers empathy, reflects what is shared, and helps people set their own goals so they feel heard and understood.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches simple, practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression by changing unhelpful thinking and practicing new behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and collaborate on which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what the client finds most useful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send updates or work through quick exercises between calls. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy schedules.
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- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English