Sharleen King, LCSW

Sharleen King is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood disorders such as bipolar and depression, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. Sharleen emphasizes strengths and supports clients as they take steps toward change.

She approaches work with a belief that each person knows their own story best. She listens for strengths and resources the client already has. Sessions aim to build confidence and practical ways to cope with daily stressors and stronger emotional moments.

Sharleen has a long career helping people through major life transitions and complex emotional issues. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care concerns, first responder issues, and multicultural situations. She also addresses aging and geriatric issues and the particular stresses those life stages can bring.

People meet with her to talk through guilt, shame, grief, infidelity, and family of origin concerns. She also supports those coping after natural or human-caused disasters and situations involving domestic violence or dependent personality patterns. Sharleen helps people clarify life purpose and navigate midlife transitions.

The goal in sessions is practical change rather than labels. She encourages small steps, builds on what already works, and helps people try new ways of handling problems. This is collaborative work paced to each person's needs.

Sharleen conducts sessions in English and accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Sharleen uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. One approach focuses on building practical coping skills for anxiety and stress, teaching small steps clients can try between sessions to manage intense feelings. Another common emphasis is working through trauma and abuse by helping people process difficult memories and reduce their ongoing impact on daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can help people fit sessions into busy schedules, avoid travel time, and maintain continuity when life becomes hectic. It can make shorter check-ins practical and reduce time away from work or caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can support the same kinds of therapeutic work online as in person, adapting exercises and homework so they work well in the client’s everyday routine.