About Sharon
Sharon M Swigart brings 30 years of clinical experience to her work in California. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and problems tied to trauma and family strain.
Background and approach
Sharon aims to make starting therapy feel manageable and respectful of each person's pace. She works with adults and teenagers on parenting challenges, family conflict, and recovery from abuse or traumatic events.
Sessions often include grounding techniques to help calm strong feelings and make it easier to talk through difficult memories. Sharon emphasizes a nonjudgmental space where thoughts and emotions can be voiced safely.
Her practice leans on proven, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people change unhelpful patterns and heal relationship wounds. She helps clients notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect, and then practices different ways to respond.
The focus is practical - reducing panic, easing depressive symptoms, and improving family communication. Sharon adapts the pace to each person's needs.
If someone is overwhelmed, she introduces brief grounding or stabilization exercises before moving deeper. For those ready to process trauma or reshape patterns, she uses structured steps to guide recovery.
People who choose Sharon often want steady, experienced support and clear, down-to-earth tools. She encourages small steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Sharon uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people manage symptoms and work through difficult experiences. Cognitive-behavioral approaches focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this is useful for anxiety, panic, and low mood. Internal family systems style work helps people notice different parts of themselves, understand inner conflicts, and build self-led responses to trauma and strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss options, listen to goals and preferences, and adapt methods so they fit each person's pace and tolerance. The process is collaborative and changes if something isn’t working well.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is good for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to check in, have brief coaching, or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English