- Family of origin issues
- Attachment focus
- CBT and EMDR
About Shari
Shari Lightfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with seven years of experience. She works with people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, addictions, grief, issues related to intimacy and sexuality, and family of origin concerns. She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, ADHD, codependency, and problems with communication and commitment.
Shari’s sessions are person-centered and practical. She focuses on strengths and on what clients can use now to feel steadier. In session she listens, helps identify patterns that come from family and early relationships, and works with clients to try different ways of responding. Conversations are direct and geared toward clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning.
She draws on several well-known approaches to guide the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Attachment-based ideas are used to understand how early care and roles in the family affect current relationships. EMDR is one tool she may use when processing distressing memories has become necessary.
Shari has experience across residential and outpatient settings, including individual and group work. That background informs practical skills for handling crises, mood shifts, and complicated family dynamics. She adapts interventions to what a person finds useful in real life.
Sessions are intended to be collaborative. She asks questions, sets small goals with clients, and checks progress over time. People who want straightforward help with long-standing family patterns often find this approach helpful.
How Shari uses therapeutic approaches online
Shari commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy when working with people. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and trying concrete alternatives to change mood and reactions. Attachment-based ideas look at patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns influence current trust, closeness, and conflict in adult relationships.She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a method to process distressing memories when it fits the person’s needs. EMDR involves structured sets of attention and reflection to reduce the intensity of difficult memories and the reactions tied to them.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit best based on the client’s concerns, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying one method for a few sessions and adjusting as needed.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life, letting them schedule shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, or choose sessions that work around work or family commitments.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting struggles, and family of origin problems among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are person-centered and strength based. The work emphasizes practical steps, clearer choices, and improving day-to-day functioning.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has seven years of practice and has worked in residential and outpatient community mental health settings with individual, group, and family work.
Which credential and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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