Sharie Kelley, LCSW

Sharie Kelley is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, ADHD, relationship concerns, grief, and parenting strain. Her style is practical and straightforward, aimed at making therapy useful for everyday problems.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and acceptance-based methods to help people change thoughts and behaviors that cause suffering. She also brings Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation and has experience with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma. Sessions are often educational and skills-focused so clients can practice between appointments.

Sharie trained at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for her Master of Social Work and lived and worked in Hawaii for over two decades. That background shaped a comfort with cultural differences and a flexible, respectful approach to each person’s life and values. Her early career included child and family work, adoption social work, and outpatient therapy.

She has substantial crisis intervention experience, including night work across a county responding to suicidality, psychosis, intoxication, and other emergencies in many settings. She also worked in dual-diagnosis and methadone clinic settings, doing trauma treatment and addictions counseling. This range gives her a broad perspective on complex problems.

In sessions she emphasizes clear communication, identifying triggers, and practical steps toward change. People who want direct tools, compassionate listening, and straightforward coaching often find her approach helpful.

How therapy methods translate to online care

Sharie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical work that involves skill-building, homework, and step-by-step plans to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and improve daily routines.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on clarifying values and learning to accept difficult feelings while taking action toward meaningful goals. Client-centered work provides space for people to be heard and to shape the pace and focus of sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals and preferences and try methods that fit the client's needs. This collaborative process helps decide whether CBT, ACT, or a blend of strategies will be most useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and interactive exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter environment is needed, live chat allows short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between sessions.