About Sharon
Sharon Klinger is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 25 years of experience. She works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and anger. Sharon aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion as they start this work.
Her approach is practical and individualized. She listens to what matters most and adapts the conversation and plan to fit each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps to reduce distress and improve daily functioning, whether the concern is panic, mood shifts, or trouble communicating with others. Sharon also addresses related struggles like body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and feelings of isolation. She helps people sort priorities, set boundaries, and rebuild a sense of direction during midlife changes or after separation.
With many years in the field, she brings steady experience to situations involving post-traumatic stress, anger, and impulsivity. Her work includes support around forgiveness, self-love, and finding life purpose when things feel stuck. Sessions are offered in English and available to international clients.
Sharon works with people through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. She aims to help people take manageable steps toward a more satisfying life.
Evidence-based techniques for online support
Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional safety. One common approach involves focused, skill-based work to reduce anxiety and panic through breathing, grounding, and behavior changes that can be practiced between sessions. This helps people learn tools they can use when worry spikes or panic starts.She also emphasizes strategies for processing trauma and abuse that move at a pace set by the client. This includes building coping skills, improving emotion regulation, and gradually addressing traumatic memories so daily functioning can improve without becoming overwhelmed.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will discuss options with each person, consider their goals and preferences, and adjust techniques as progress is made. Together they decide what methods feel most helpful and practical for day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited mobility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can fit a short break or avoid needing bandwidth for video. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing encouragement between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English