- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Shari
Shari Lightfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and issues like addiction or low self-esteem. She brings seven years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Many people turn to her when coping with life changes, relationship problems, or difficulties with sleep and eating.
Shari centers sessions on each person’s strengths and goals. She listens first, then offers tools that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful rather than theoretical. Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through what matters most to them. Her background includes individual, group, and family work in residential and outpatient community mental health settings.
That variety shaped her comfort with different kinds of struggles, from complex trauma to compassion fatigue. Shari draws on approaches that match the challenge at hand instead of one fixed method. Common methods she uses include attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally focused strategies, and EMDR for trauma processing.
She also incorporates mindfulness and practical exercises for day-to-day coping. These tools are blended to fit the person rather than following a rigid script. Shari emphasizes an honest, collaborative therapeutic relationship built on clear communication and commitment.
She believes healing often comes through small, steady changes and practical steps that people can repeat outside sessions.
What Shari works with
Everything Shari lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Shari helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shari lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Shari commonly uses attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques in online work. Attachment-based approaches focus on how close relationships shape feelings and behavior, which can help with trust, abandonment, and communication issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions and provides practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.She also brings emotionally focused elements when relationship feelings are central, and she may use EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate. Each approach is explained in simple terms and chosen with the person's goals in mind rather than applied automatically. The therapist and client work together to decide what fits best based on needs, preferences, and how a person responds to early sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video sessions let people use visual cues for deeper emotional work, phone sessions can use less bandwidth and be easier during busy days, and chat or messaging is useful for quick check-ins or practicing skills between sessions. These options make it easier to continue therapy through life changes and day-to-day demands.
Questions people ask about Shari
What concerns does Shari help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are person-centered and strengths focused. She listens first, then offers concrete tools and exercises that fit each person's life.
What is her clinical background?
Shari has seven years of experience working in residential and outpatient community mental health settings, doing individual, group, and family work.
What credentials and region apply?
She is an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Colorado.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Shari offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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