Sharie Kelley, LCSW

Sharie Kelley is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - who brings three decades of experience to the treatment of trauma, addictions, mood disorders, and relationship challenges. She also holds a CADC I credential in addictions counseling and training in MRT, a form of reality therapy often used in correctional settings. Sharie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu and completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989. Her education in Hawaii, where coursework emphasized cultural awareness, and more than two decades living and working in the islands shaped a deep respect for cultural differences and informed a versatile clinical style.

Her clinical approach is grounded in psychoeducation, with regular use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and an Adlerian orientation that focuses on encouragement and social connectedness. Early career roles included child and family therapy, adoption social work, and private practice serving military dependents and couples. She incorporates mediation techniques with attention to triggers, communication, and love languages.

Sharie has extensive crisis intervention experience, including seven years providing county-wide night coverage for presentations such as suicidality, homicidality, psychosis, chronic mental illness, intoxication, and emotional dysregulation in diverse settings including emergency rooms, intensive care units, jails, police stations, schools, residential and respite facilities, homes, businesses, truck stops, and public places. She is fully trained in EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - a brain stimulation method used in trauma and anxiety treatment. Prior outpatient positions include community mental health and dual-diagnosis work in a methadone clinic, where she provided trauma treatment and addictions counseling. Her practice aims to be adaptable across genders, ages, cultures, and faith backgrounds while helping people build coping skills and resilience.

Approaches and Online Care for Trauma and Recovery

Sharie integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - ACT - which helps people clarify values and take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts and feelings are present. ACT is useful for managing anxiety, stress, and patterns that interfere with living a valued life. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - a structured approach that identifies unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills for mood and anxiety management. CBT works well for depression, anxiety, stress, and coping with life transitions. In addition, Sharie is trained in EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - a treatment used for processing traumatic memories and reducing trauma-related distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sharie works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors techniques from these models to fit individual circumstances. The selection of methods is flexible and guided by what helps the person make progress.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls or phone sessions, or conducted through live chat and text-based messaging when that better fits a person’s routine. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, adapt to changing schedules, and access therapeutic support from home or other convenient locations.