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Sharon Meyers

Therapist · California

Sharon MeyersLCSW

Calm, practical support for pregnancy and parenting challenges

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  • Experience25 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • SessionsOnline
  • Reflective listening
  • Attachment focus
  • Practical tools

About Sharon

Sharon Meyers is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice who helps people facing pregnancy, parenting, adoption, and other life transitions. She focuses on practical support when stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain feels overwhelming. Sharon aims to make sessions feel calm and grounded so people can think more clearly and find manageable next steps.

Her approach is gentle and direct. She listens first and then helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions include reflective conversation, emotion-focused exploration, and tools to use between meetings. Sharon pays special attention to attachment and how past relationships shape current challenges.

Over a long career she has worked with people dealing with fertility and pregnancy concerns, adoption and foster care questions, blended family dynamics, and fatherhood issues. She also supports clients coping with medical stressors such as cancer, caregiver strain, and the aftermath of trauma or natural disasters.

Sharon uses several therapeutic ways of working including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based approaches, client-centered methods, existential perspectives, and hypnotherapy. These are woven into a personalized plan that reflects each person’s needs and goals. The focus is always on practical changes people can try between sessions.

Sharon practices in California as an LCSW. Conversations are offered in English and she works with people navigating career, self-esteem, eating and intimacy-related concerns as well as compassion fatigue and codependency.

How Sharon's Approaches Translate to Online Care

Sharon combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods to help people manage pregnancy and parenting challenges as well as life transitions. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking actions that align with those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect present bonds and parenting patterns, helping people notice and change interactional habits. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and meeting each person where they are, which supports steady progress when emotions feel raw.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Sharon works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's goals, needs, and comfort level. She adapts techniques over time, combining listening, skills practice, and reflective questions so the plan makes sense in daily life.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and support continuity through life changes such as pregnancy or caregiving. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively at a distance, and Sharon will help tailor the format and pace to fit each person's routine and goals.

License and NPI

  • LCSW California · No. 106887

NPI1902530769

As shown on the therapist's profile. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefParenting issuesCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisNarcissismPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexualitySomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyHypnotherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic Therapy

Experience

25+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Sharon help with?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and pregnancy-related worries, fertility and adoption concerns, caregiver stress, trauma and abuse, and work or career strain.

How would you describe Sharon's therapeutic style?

Her style is warm and direct, combining reflective listening with practical exercises. Sessions aim to identify patterns and try small changes between meetings.

What is her experience working with these issues?

She has 25 years of clinical experience and has worked with people dealing with pregnancy, adoption and parenting questions as well as blended family dynamics and caregiver stress.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in California.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Are international clients supported?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does cost and billing work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Sharon?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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