Sharlese Jones, LMFT

Sharlese Jones is a licensed LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - with 18 years of clinical experience supporting children, teens, individuals, and families through life transitions and challenges. She focuses on teaching practical skills to manage anger, depression, anxiety, and stress while helping clients build confidence and self-esteem. Her work has included supporting transgender clients and addressing a range of concerns from relationship and parenting issues to trauma, grief, addiction, and mood disorders.

She approaches therapy as a collaborative process that aims to reconnect people with their inner guidance when outside influences, fear, or doubt have created barriers. Sharlese emphasizes empowerment and insight, guiding clients toward more fulfilling experiences and stronger alignment with their values. Asking for help is often one of the hardest steps, and she acknowledges that courage while offering steady support through the change process.

Sharlese encourages clients who are ready to begin or continue their healing journey to take that step, and she provides a compassionate, strengths-based environment designed to foster growth, resilience, and clearer sense of self.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Care

Sharlese uses evidence-based, skills-focused work to help clients manage symptoms and strengthen everyday functioning. One common approach is skills-based intervention for stress and anxiety - it teaches practical techniques for regulating emotions, reducing worry, and improving daily routines to support mood and focus. Another key area is trauma-informed care - this approach recognizes how past experiences affect current behavior and emphasizes pacing, safety, and rebuilding a sense of control when addressing trauma and abuse. She also draws on family systems and relationship-focused work to help people improve communication, resolve conflicts, and restore healthier dynamics within families and partnerships.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Sharlese collaborates with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods over time so care fits the individual or family rather than expecting a single fixed model to work for everyone.

Online therapy with Sharlese is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules and to access care from home or while traveling. These options increase flexibility and make consistent support more attainable for people balancing work, family, and other commitments.