Sharla "Charlie" HarrisonLPC

Sharla "Charlie" Harrison is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 22 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, stress, grief, or relationship strain. Her work also addresses trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems, anger, and the challenges that come with major life changes.

Charlie uses straightforward methods to help people feel steadier day to day. She listens closely and focuses on what the person wants to change. Sessions aim to clarify goals, practice new skills, and try small experiments that fit real life.

Her background includes long-term work with issues that often follow difficult life events. That includes abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family stress, and caregiver strain. She also supports people coping with body image, cancer, dissociation, domestic violence, and emptiness.

Therapeutic tools she draws on include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, emotionally-focused techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. These approaches are used to address communication problems, codependency, commitment worries, and coping after divorce or disaster.

People who choose Charlie can expect a calm, practical style that focuses on what helps now. She aims to help clients build emotional skills, improve relationships, and move toward more satisfying daily life.

How therapeutic methods translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy is about listening without judgment and following the person's lead to set goals and priorities. It helps when someone needs a safe space to sort out feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical exercises to change behavior and mood. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and developing coping skills. Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes understanding emotional patterns in relationships and learning new ways to connect and respond to others, which can help with relationship strain and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss which methods fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan over time. Decisions are made collaboratively so the client can try different strategies and keep what helps most.

The therapist's profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on days with limited time. It also lets people use techniques like mindfulness and behavioral experiments between sessions, which supports steady progress in daily life.