Therapist profile
Sharla "Charlie" Harrison, LPC
Missouri
Licensed counselor - Anger and relationships
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Missouri / 2003021001
- NPI1558508820
- Experience22 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMissouri
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Emotion-focused work
- CBT and mindfulness
About Sharla
Sharla "Charlie" Harrison is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with adults wrestling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, trauma and abuse, and the changes life brings. She also addresses relationship and family concerns, compassion fatigue, self-esteem, and related issues.
Charlie uses straightforward, talk-based work to help people sort through strong emotions and patterns that get in the way. She helps clients identify thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety or anger, and she practices emotion-focused work to improve how people relate to others. Sessions include practical tools and short exercises to try between meetings.
Her background includes long experience supporting women’s concerns, workplace stress, and transitions through different life stages. That perspective informs how she notices patterns linked to attachment, abandonment, blended family stress, caregiving strain, and codependency. She brings that history into sessions without jargon, focusing on what is happening now.
People who come for help often want clearer communication, steadier mood, or to heal from past hurts. Charlie works on building self-esteem, improving communication skills, and reducing the intensity of upsetting reactions. She uses a mix of client-centered listening, CBT techniques, emotionally-focused methods, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Practical steps guide her work. Clients leave sessions with small, doable strategies to practice. She also helps people plan for real-world challenges like difficult conversations, grief, or workplace frustration.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person is feeling. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, mirrors key emotions, and helps clients find their own next steps; it is useful for processing grief, anger, and relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It provides concrete exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and change patterns that increase anxiety or anger. This approach often includes short between-session tasks to practice new responses. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify the underlying feelings that drive reactive behavior. It supports shifting how someone expresses emotion and improving connection in relationships, which can reduce recurring conflict and resentment. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may mix listening, skills practice, and real-life experiments until something feels useful. The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find that scheduling sessions around work or family commitments makes therapy easier to keep up with. Online sessions can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins, or make it simpler to attend during a lunch break or between obligations.Areas of focus
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, trauma and related relationship and family concerns. The profile also lists compassion fatigue and issues like adoption, caregiving stress, and body image.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centered listening with practical techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods and emotionally-focused approaches. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also part of her toolkit.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor. That experience includes work with workplace stress and life-stage transitions.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is a Missouri LPC, practicing from Missouri. Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, the profile indicates she accepts international clients and provides sessions in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking to know whether video, phone, or in-person meetings are offered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the option chosen.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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