Therapist profile
Sharon Peterson, LCSW
California
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Relationships
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 136731; LCSW, Colorado / CSW.09933381; LCSW, Texas / 119851
- NPI
- 1083230437
- Experience
- 9 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- Trauma processing
- Anxiety management
- Relationship skills
About Sharon
Sharon Peterson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California with nine years of experience. She helps adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and big life changes. Sharon also supports people working through ADHD-related challenges and patterns like codependency.
She focuses on clear, practical steps rather than jargon. In sessions she talks through traumatic experiences and helps clients build steadier ways to communicate. She teaches coping strategies for panic, social anxiety, grief, and the fallout from divorce or separation.
Sharon has worked with people facing neurodevelopmental differences such as autism, and with those managing chronic illness, cancer, or caregiver stress. She also helps with attachment concerns, abandonment, and issues that show up as body image or dependent behavior.
Her style is collaborative. She works with each person to identify what feels most urgent and then tests approaches that fit their daily life. This includes practicing new communication habits and learning ways to reduce overwhelm between sessions.
She is open to clients who include faith in their process and has experience supporting older adults and people from diverse backgrounds. Sharon asks people to complete a short questionnaire before scheduling a first session so they can start with clear goals and a simple plan.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on processing trauma and improving day-to-day coping. Trauma-focused work involves talking through difficult memories at a pace that feels manageable while learning skills to reduce intense reactions. This approach can help with the lasting effects of abuse, grief, and repeated relationship hurts.She also uses practical skills training for anxiety and relationship patterns. That might include breathing and grounding techniques for panic, role-playing common conversations to build clearer communication, and stepwise exposure to reduce social anxiety. These methods aim to change what people do, not just what they think, so new habits can become easier to use in daily life.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Sharon will help the client identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they will review what is working and adjust the plan as therapy continues.
The therapist's original biography does not list particular online session formats. Please confirm which session formats are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for check-ins that match a client's schedule or energy level.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
California, Colorado, Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, coping with life changes, and ADHD. Additional focuses include codependency, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and body image.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She helps clients talk through traumatic memories, practice communication skills, and develop coping strategies for daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Sharon has nine years of experience working with adults on anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and long-term health or neurodevelopmental concerns.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW with licensure in Texas and California and practices out of California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.