About Sharon
Dr. Sharon Young greets people with a calm, steady presence. She is a Pennsylvania psychologist with more than 22 years of experience.
Many come to her worried about anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, or sleep and parenting stress. She listens first and helps people figure out what matters most to them right now. Her approach is collaborative and warm.
She centers the conversation on each person's experience and uses clear, practical strategies alongside deeper exploration of patterns and past wounds.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and breaking unhelpful habits. Dr. Young trained at Georgia State University and has worked across hospitals, outpatient clinics, university counseling centers, and independent practice settings.
That range gives her familiarity with both sudden crises and long-standing difficulties. She brings 22 years of clinical perspective to everyday problems and complex struggles alike. In sessions she blends methods from attachment-based, client-centered, cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, and existential approaches.
That mix lets her tailor techniques to each person’s goals, whether the work is short term or more exploratory. Her style stays practical, using steps people can try between meetings. People who choose her usually want thoughtful listening plus concrete change.
She can help with anxiety, trauma and abuse, compulsive behaviors, addiction-related concerns, interpersonal patterns like codependency or attachment issues, and end-of-life or hospice related grief. Her practice is based in Pennsylvania and she conducts sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. Online work can help people notice how they relate to partners or friends and practice new ways of connecting or setting boundaries. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental listening stance and helps people feel understood; that approach can open space for exploration of emotions and personal values in conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors with specific exercises and experiments; online sessions make it easy to try homework between meetings and then review results together.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. If one method does not feel helpful, she will discuss alternatives and adapt the plan based on ongoing feedback.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support short check-ins, brief coaching, and quick skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work consistently over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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