Dr. Shari Richardson, LCSW

Dr. Shari Richardson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of clinical experience based in New York. She combines practical problem-solving with a human touch to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and midlife transitions. Her background includes work with adoption, foster care, attachment concerns, and complex family issues.

She uses clear, straightforward conversations to sort through what matters most. Sessions focus on understanding how life events shape feelings and behavior. Dr. Richardson encourages small, doable steps when change feels overwhelming.

Her approach draws on client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral ideas to name patterns and try alternatives. Solution-focused techniques are used to set short-term goals and track progress. Trauma-focused methods guide work when past hurts still affect daily life.

People who come to her often want practical tools as well as space to be heard. She helps clients weigh options around relationships, parenting, career choices, and recovery from loss or addiction. Issues like anger, intimacy, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue are addressed with a focus on real-life impact.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She aims to partner with each person on a plan that fits their values and daily demands. Before committing to a path, she helps clients map a realistic way forward and adjusts as needed.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding each person's experience. It gives people space to tell their story and helps the therapist shape work around what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and builds practical exercises to change unhelpful habits and improve mood or anxiety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to use based on needs, goals, and preferences. That means adjusting techniques over time and checking in about what is working and what is not.

Confirm session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, and reduce travel time. They can also let people use audio-only options if they prefer not to be on camera or choose a video conversation when visual connection helps the work. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and exercises so therapy fits into everyday life.