Sharie Kelley , LCSW

Sharie Kelley is an Oregon Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with three decades of experience in clinical social work and behavioral health. She holds additional credentials in addictions (CADC I) and in MRT, described in her history as a reality-based therapy used effectively in correctional settings. She is also fully trained in EMDR, a brain stimulation technique used in trauma treatment and anxiety.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu and completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1989. After living and working in Hawaii for 22 years, where her training emphasized cultural awareness, she developed a deep appreciation for working across cultural differences and with people of varied backgrounds and beliefs.

Over the course of her career she has cultivated a versatile, psychoeducational approach that includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Adlerian principles. Her clinical history includes seven years of county-wide crisis intervention work, responding to wide-ranging presentations such as suicidality, psychosis, intoxication, and severe emotion dysregulation in settings that ranged from emergency rooms and intensive care units to jails, schools, residential facilities, and community locations.

Earlier roles have included outpatient therapy in community mental health, dual-diagnosis treatment in a methadone clinic where she provided trauma and addictions counseling, child and family therapy, adoption social work, and private practice serving military dependents and couples. She brings a mediation-oriented stance to couples work with attention to triggers, communication, and love languages, and she aims to be adaptable in serving people of all ages, genders, cultures, and religious perspectives.

Approach-driven care available through online sessions

Sharie Kelley integrates several evidence-informed approaches in her practice to address trauma, anxiety, and behavioral patterns. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is one of her specialties; this approach helps clients process traumatic memories and reduce the emotional intensity tied to those experiences and anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering practical strategies for managing mood, stress, and daily challenges. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports clients in accepting difficult internal experiences while clarifying personal values and committing to meaningful action.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative part of therapy. She works with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time so treatment aligns with what the client finds most helpful. Licensed professionals and therapists can blend methods to fit the individual rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how care is delivered - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into work, family, and other responsibilities. These options increase accessibility for people who need consistent support, help reduce travel time, and allow for continuity of care when in-person visits are difficult.