Shari Lightfield, LPC

Shari Lightfield is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, grief, and struggles with intimacy and relationships. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, addiction, attention difficulties, and issues tied to family dynamics. Her style is warm and person-focused, with an emphasis on everyday thoughts and habits that affect how people cope.

Shari pulls from several approaches to tailor sessions to each person. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and connection. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR tools when trauma and relational depth are central.

Sessions are practical and down-to-earth. Shari favors short, clear steps people can try between meetings. She often brings mindfulness and strength-focused techniques into work to build small habits that add up over time.

Her background includes seven years of work across residential and outpatient settings. That experience spans individual and group work in community mental health agencies. Those settings shaped her practical, flexible approach to common life struggles.

Shari practices in Colorado and offers counseling in English. She values authenticity, clear communication, and collaboration in the therapy relationship. To begin, she asks people to match through a short questionnaire so scheduling can align with their needs.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of connection and how early relationships shape expectations. In online sessions this approach helps people notice repeating relationship habits and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going. Online CBT sessions tend to break issues into clear, manageable steps and homework that people can use in their daily routines. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on feelings and emotional bonds, which can be explored in depth through conversation and reflective exercises during remote sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods as needed. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which tools to try first and how to adapt them for daily life.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight. It can also make some homework and between-session practices simpler to use in the context of everyday routines.