Sharla "Charlie" Harrison, LPC

Sharla "Charlie" Harrison is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 22 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and stress. Charlie focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more in control.

She draws on client-centered therapy to make sessions about each person's goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers clear tools for changing unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy supports understanding and naming strong feelings, while mindfulness practices help people calm the nervous system.

Charlie often works with people dealing with relationship strain, communication problems, and commitment concerns. She also supports those coping with abandonment, attachment questions, adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of medical issues like cancer.

Her practice emphasizes building self-esteem, improving communication, and recovering from past hurt. Sessions focus on realistic skills and small changes that add up over time. Charlie aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can sort through feelings and make choices that match their values.

She welcomes people from different places and backgrounds, including international clients. If someone is unsure how therapy might fit into their life, Charlie encourages a first step of a short conversation to match goals and scheduling.

How Charlie Uses Practical Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy keeps the focus on each person's goals and values. In practice this means the therapist listens and helps shape sessions around what matters most to the client, whether that is managing anxiety or improving communication. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) gives simple, step-by-step tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with depression, worry, and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and name strong emotions so they can respond to feelings rather than react to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Charlie collaborates with clients to try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they set goals, check what is working, and shift strategies when needed so therapy stays relevant and practical.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow shorter check-ins, and reduce travel time. Online sessions can make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, caregiving, or medical appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, emotional processing, and mindfulness practices to an online setting so clients keep moving toward their goals.