If you’re living with the long-term impact of complex trauma, and you’re looking for a therapist who will move gently, patiently, and at your pace—Shari might be the right therapist for you. She works with adult clients navigating trauma, dissociation, anxiety, and the lingering effects of relationships where safety and trust were never guaranteed. Her calm, steady presence offers a different experience: one where you don’t have to rush, perform, or explain everything. Shari creates space for slow healing, honest reflection, and the quiet rebuilding of trust in yourself.
Shari’s clinical presence is soft-spoken, steady, and deeply attuned. She goes slowly on purpose—honoring each client’s pace, story, and nervous system. Shari brings loyal care and thoughtful attention to the therapeutic relationship, helping clients feel emotionally safe enough to explore what’s been too overwhelming to face alone. She uses EMDR, parts work, and attachment-focused approaches to support clients in healing from trauma that fractured their sense of identity and self-trust. Shari is especially gifted at helping clients name what they’re feeling, reconnect with their body, and begin to build a sense of inner safety that isn’t dependent on the external world. She brings a calm steadiness that helps clients feel safe enough to explore even the most fragmented parts of their story. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or unsure how to begin, Shari meets you with curiosity, compassion, and care.
For clients who desire it, Shari also offers Christian-based trauma therapy that honors the emotional and spiritual impact of past harm. She understands how trauma can leave not only emotional scars, but spiritual confusion or pain. Whether you’re holding questions about God, feeling distant from your faith, or longing to integrate spiritual truth into your healing journey, Shari provides a gentle, non-coercive space to explore those experiences with honesty and grace. Her approach reflects the quiet strength of her own faith, and the deep belief that restoration is possible.
If you’re living with the long-term impact of complex trauma, and you’re looking for a therapist who will move gently, patiently, and at your pace—Shari might be the right therapist for you. She works with adult clients navigating trauma, dissociation, anxiety, and the lingering effects of relationships where safety and trust were never guaranteed. Her calm, steady presence offers a different experience: one where you don’t have to rush, perform, or explain everything. Shari creates space for slow healing, honest reflection, and the quiet rebuilding of trust in yourself.
Shari’s clinical presence is soft-spoken, steady, and deeply attuned. She goes slowly on purpose—honoring each client’s pace, story, and nervous system. Shari brings loyal care and thoughtful attention to the therapeutic relationship, helping clients feel emotionally safe enough to explore what’s been too overwhelming to face alone. She uses EMDR, parts work, and attachment-focused approaches to support clients in healing from trauma that fractured their sense of identity and self-trust. Shari is especially gifted at helping clients name what they’re feeling, reconnect with their body, and begin to build a sense of inner safety that isn’t dependent on the external world. She brings a calm steadiness that helps clients feel safe enough to explore even the most fragmented parts of their story. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or unsure how to begin, Shari meets you with curiosity, compassion, and care.
For clients who desire it, Shari also offers Christian-based trauma therapy that honors the emotional and spiritual impact of past harm. She understands how trauma can leave not only emotional scars, but spiritual confusion or pain. Whether you’re holding questions about God, feeling distant from your faith, or longing to integrate spiritual truth into your healing journey, Shari provides a gentle, non-coercive space to explore those experiences with honesty and grace. Her approach reflects the quiet strength of her own faith, and the deep belief that restoration is possible.
Individuals 18+
College Students
Seniors 65+
Complex Trauma
Dissociation
Depression
PTSD/c-PTSD
Childhood Sexual Abuse/Incest
Disordered Eating
Workplace Bullying
Abandonment
Attachment Wounds
Spiritual Abuse
Negative Body Image
Grief/Loss
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
EST Ego State Therapy
IFS Internal Family Systems
NEST Neuroaffective Embodied Self-System Therapy
DNMS Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy
DBT Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
CBT Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Mending the Soul
Attachment Theory
Somatic Psychology
Mindfulness
Biblical Christian Counseling
Neuroscience-Informed
$140/hr
7522 N La Cholla Blvd Tucson, AZ 85741
Tuesdays 12:30-6pm
Thursdays 1:30-6pm
Fridays 12:30-5pm
LCSW-12847 AZ Licensed Clinical Social Worker
MPC Master of Social Work 2003
BA Bachelor of Arts 1999
AZBBHE-Approved Clinical Supervisor
Shari works with adults who are carrying the emotional residue of long-standing trauma—whether from early attachment wounds, relational neglect, or experiences that left them feeling unseen, unsafe, or fractured inside. Her clients often arrive in therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or uncertain about where to begin. Shari offers a calm and steady presence that allows for slow, meaningful work—healing that honors your pace and meets your nervous system where it is.
She specializes in supporting clients living with complex trauma and dissociation, and integrates EMDR, parts work, and attachment-based strategies to gently process memories and emotions that may have felt too overwhelming to face in the past. Her sessions focus on helping clients build emotional safety from the inside out—learning how to listen to their inner experience with curiosity instead of fear.
Shari’s therapeutic style is not about pushing through, but about partnering with each client to find grounding, insight, and internal alignment. She helps clients identify and befriend their protective parts, reconnect with their bodies, and begin to feel safe in their own story. Whether you’re working through emotional flashbacks, identity confusion, or the quiet exhaustion of always being on alert, Shari offers practical tools and a deeply attuned presence to help you come home to yourself.
Her work is especially well-suited for those who need a therapist who moves slowly, listens deeply, and values the transformative power of safety and trust. With Shari, healing is not rushed—it’s allowed.
Shari works with adults navigating the deep and often hidden effects of complex trauma and dissociation—including those living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), dissociative symptoms, or experiences of disconnection from self, body, or memory. She is skilled at tracking the nuanced inner world of dissociative clients and knows how to move slowly, respectfully, and without pressure. Shari creates a therapeutic space where clients don’t have to explain everything upfront, and where even the most fragmented parts of the self are welcomed with care and dignity.
Shari also has a heart for college students and young adults who are navigating the unique challenges of early adulthood—identity formation, relational stress, anxiety, and the pressures of performance. Many of her clients are learning, often for the first time, how to listen to themselves, regulate their emotions, and form relationships that feel safe and mutual. Shari brings a grounded, supportive presence to this work, helping students slow down, build inner clarity, and take steps toward becoming more whole.
Shari’s faith as a Christian is a quiet, grounding presence in her work—but it never defines the client experience. She offers faith-integrated therapy for clients who want to explore trauma, identity, or healing through a spiritual lens, and she welcomes moments of prayer, scripture reflection, or honest wrestling with God into the room when invited. At the same time, she holds deep respect for clients from all backgrounds and belief systems. Whether or not faith plays a central role in your therapy, you’ll be met with kindness, curiosity, and care.
Shari also works with clients who carry the impact of bullying and emotional abuse—whether from childhood, school, family systems, or the workplace. She understands how these experiences can erode self-trust, create chronic anxiety, and lead to survival strategies like overachievement, withdrawal, or disordered eating. Her approach gently helps clients untangle the shame, reestablish boundaries, and reconnect with the parts of themselves that were silenced or blamed. If you’ve been told you were too sensitive, too much, or never enough—Shari offers a healing space to rewrite that story and begin to feel safe in your own presence again.
Whether you’re wrestling with deep inner fragmentation, agonizing depressions, or simply trying to feel more at home in your own body and mind, Shari offers therapy that is thoughtful, trauma-informed, and deeply attuned to the healing process.