Sharon Bailey , LCSW

Sharon Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with more than 30 years of experience working across military, clinical, and community settings. The LCSW credential indicates advanced training and a professional license to provide clinical social work services and psychotherapy. Over her career she has served as a Combat Medic in the Army, as an Air Force Reservist, and retired from Active Duty Air Force having worked as a military social worker.

Her professional path includes eight years in private practice and roles in academia, school counseling, life coaching, critical incident debriefing, and group facilitation. These varied experiences have informed a flexible clinical style that attends to both acute concerns and longer term growth. She draws on a range of evidence-based techniques to meet client needs, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Emotional Freedom Technique, also known as tapping.

Sharon centers her work on the goals and priorities of the person she is meeting with, creating a collaborative space to explore challenges. She commonly assigns practical exercises between sessions and maintains an active, conversational approach to track progress and foster meaningful change.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Sharon uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the client’s goals and values shape the work; this approach emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration and is helpful for a wide range of life stressors and relationship concerns. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to distress and teaching practical strategies to change them, often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Solution-Focused Therapy is another common thread in her work, concentrating on strengths and small, achievable changes to help move clients toward specific goals.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Sharon works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time based on what is working and what the client hopes to accomplish.

Online therapy sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, support those who travel or relocate, and allow ongoing support between in-person opportunities when needed. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver effective, goal-oriented care tailored to each client.