Sharon Mortimer , LCSW

Sharon Mortimer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 43 years of experience. She practices a client-centered approach and focuses on helping individuals manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues around self-esteem and addiction.

Sharon listens carefully and adapts her methods to fit each person's situation. Her work often addresses relationship and family concerns, communication problems, and the effects of abuse. She aims to help people break destructive patterns that repeat across generations.

Her background includes long-term clinical work across many settings in Florida. That experience gives her a broad perspective on mood disorders, personality concerns, multicultural issues, and challenges faced by veterans and armed forces members.

In sessions she blends practical skills with emotional support. Techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused work, and mindfulness are used when they match a person's needs. Conversations focus on concrete coping strategies and small steps toward change.

Sharon encourages people to take manageable actions toward a fuller life. She helps clients sort priorities, build healthier communication, and address guilt, shame, or isolation. Her goal is to help people feel more capable and move forward at a pace that works for them.

Online approaches that meet you where you are

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and acceptance while helping people clarify goals and decide next steps; this works well for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. Sessions teach practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and develop coping strategies for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. It is useful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and managing impulsive behavior.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, personal preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit and adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or schedule brief exchanges. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and at varied times while keeping care consistent.