Sharie Kelley, LCSW

Sharie Kelley is an Oregon LCSW who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and life transitions. She draws on 30 years of practice to offer steady, practical support for mood concerns, relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, and aging and geriatric issues. Her style is direct and education-focused, aimed at giving people tools they can use between sessions.

She uses clear, evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral methods and skills training to reduce symptoms and change unhelpful patterns. She also applies acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify their values and act on them. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her trauma work when processing past upsetting events.

Sharie trained in Hawaii, earning a Master of Social Work from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and she spent over two decades living and working there. That background included a focus on cultural awareness, which informs her work with people from different backgrounds and beliefs.

Her experience includes crisis intervention across a county, outpatient community mental health, dual-diagnosis treatment in a methadone clinic, and earlier child and family work and private practice. She has worked with a wide range of clinical situations including suicidality, substance-related concerns, psychosis, and emotion dysregulation.

In sessions she blends a psychoeducational approach with client-centered listening. She pays attention to communication patterns, triggers, and practical strategies so people can manage symptoms and move toward goals. People who want straightforward tools and collaborative planning will find a practical, experienced clinician.

How these approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where getting clarity and small behavior shifts matter.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep struggles, and coping skills for daily life.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an approach for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional hold. It is often used when past events continue to cause distress or trigger intense reactions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose or blend methods based on symptoms, goals, and comfort. That might mean starting with skills from CBT, adding ACT framing for values, or using EMDR when trauma processing is appropriate.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins around a work break, or let someone choose a quieter moment rather than arranging transportation. Talk with the therapist about practical needs and scheduling so sessions fit day-to-day routines.