Sharie Kelley

Sharie Kelley is an Oregon-based licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that families and individuals can use right away. With 30 years in the field, she frames sessions around skills and real-world problem solving.

Sharie trained at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she earned a Master of Social Work. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Hawaii Pacific College. Decades working in Hawaii shaped her respect for cultural differences and made cultural awareness part of her everyday practice.

Her background includes crisis intervention work across a county, where she responded to suicidality, psychosis, intoxication, and emotion dysregulation in a wide range of settings. She also provided outpatient therapy, dual-diagnosis treatment at a methadone clinic, and brief private-practice work with military dependents and couples.

Sharie’s approach is largely psychoeducational and skill-based. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and dialectical behavior tools to help people manage emotions, reduce risky behaviors, and change unhelpful thinking. She also employs eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma-related symptoms.

Clients can expect a straightforward process that focuses on triggers, communication skills, and practical coping strategies. She often addresses parenting challenges, caregiver stress, grief, ADHD, relationship concerns, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. The goal is to develop tools that fit daily life.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and to commit to actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes by focusing on practical steps and chosen goals.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that uses guided bilateral stimulation alongside memory processing to reduce trauma-related distress. It is commonly used when past events continue to cause strong emotional reactions.

Client-centered work emphasizes listening, respect, and helping people lead sessions toward what matters most to them. This approach pairs well with skill-based methods when someone needs both understanding and tools.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will review your goals, preferences, and symptoms and then suggest methods to try. Over time the plan can shift based on what helps most, so collaboration guides how therapy unfolds.

Confirm the available session formats before booking since current options are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, avoid travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. Some formats also let people choose audio-only options to reduce bandwidth needs or video when visual connection feels helpful. These practical choices are picked to match daily life and therapeutic goals rather than being one-size-fits-all.