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Sharon McKay, LMHC

  • Experience16 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Addictions
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Sharon

Sharon McKay is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 16 years of clinical experience. She brings a pragmatic, client-centered orientation that blends practical interventions with a strength-based outlook.

Background and approach

Sharon has worked with many presenting concerns including anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, ADHD, mood disorders, and relationship challenges, and she adapts her methods to the individual needs of each client. Her approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, existential perspectives, and mindfulness practices, using motivational interviewing and other techniques as appropriate.

Sharon emphasizes collaboration and creativity in sessions, helping clients develop coping strategies, improve communication, and address issues such as self-esteem, impulse control, grief, and substance use. She aims to build a therapeutic partnership that balances support with practical skills for everyday life.

Sharon welcomes people looking for a thoughtful, flexible clinician who focuses on realistic goals and steady progress. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns from career and family stressors to more specific issues like gender dysphoria, adoption and foster care matters, and disruptive mood patterns, always tailoring work to the person in front of her.

Approaches that guide online work and how they help

Sharon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy, offering clear, practical tools and relational insight in an online format. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more adaptive patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and mood regulation. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people understand and reshape emotional responses within relationships, supporting work on communication, attachment wounds, and relational repair.

She also integrates Client-Centered Therapy, creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space that prioritizes each person's goals and values. Choosing the right approach is presented as a collaborative process: Sharon works with clients to explore what methods fit their needs, preferences, and objectives, and may combine techniques over time so the plan evolves with progress.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to maximize flexibility. These formats allow clients to access therapy from home or other convenient locations, accommodate varying schedules, and support different communication styles from real-time conversation to ongoing text-based check-ins with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sharon commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family difficulties, eating and anger concerns, ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, and related challenges such as impulsivity and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, blending motivational interviewing, CBT, EFT, existential ideas, and mindfulness to meet each person where they are and focus on practical, meaningful change.
What is Sharon's professional background?
She brings 16 years of clinical experience working with children, teens, and adults across a variety of concerns and settings.
What credentials and location are on record?
Sharon is an LMHC licensed in Florida with licence number FL LMHC MH18555 and provides services while based in Florida.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available with Sharon?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How is cost structured for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; services are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Drug and alcohol addictionForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityJealousyMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English

What Sharon can help with

Sharon McKay works with clients on stress and anxiety, addictions, LGBT, trauma and abuse, and depression.

Sharon works with children, teenagers, and adults.

Sharon works with individuals with a wide range of challenges including substance/alcohol abuse.

How Sharon approaches therapy

Sharon's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.

Sharon uses motivational interviewing.

Experience and training

Sharon is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida.