Shari Lightfield, LPC

Shari Lightfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on common and painful concerns like anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and stress. She also helps people facing parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, sleeping or eating struggles, and questions around identity and LGBT concerns. Shari cares about practical steps and clear communication in sessions.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-focused ideas, and client-centered work to tailor the process. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, testing small changes, and building skills that can be used between meetings. She also uses EMDR and mindfulness-based techniques when trauma or intense emotional memories are part of the picture.

Shari brings seven years of clinical experience in residential and outpatient community mental health settings. That background means she has worked with people in individual and group formats and has supported those managing complex life situations. She emphasizes a strength-based, person-centered stance and looks for what is already working for each person.

In session she aims for straightforward conversation and collaborative planning. She values authenticity, trust, and clear communication as the foundation of progress. People who choose her often want both practical tools and a space to talk through difficult feelings.

Shari practices in Colorado as an LPC. She uses varied techniques and adapts methods to fit each person's needs and goals, keeping the work focused on manageable steps and realistic change.

How her approaches translate to online work

Shari uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then practice new skills that reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at relationship patterns and how early connections shape current feelings and reactions; this can help with intimacy, abandonment, and communication problems. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, validating, and building on a person's strengths so they feel more able to make changes.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences and then recommend paths to try together. Adjustments are made as progress unfolds so therapy stays useful and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat or text messaging can work for quick check-ins, brief skills practice, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy days while keeping the work goal-focused and practical.