Sharina Anderson, LCSW
Licensed in Virginia · 7 years in practice
Sharina Anderson is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with seven years of experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Virginia
- 0904014651 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1467165530 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
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About Sharina
Sharina Anderson is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with seven years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and issues related to identity and sexuality. She encourages gentle steps forward and recognizes how hard it can feel to begin therapy.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for a person's strengths and builds on what is already working. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage symptoms and handle difficult moments between appointments.
Background and approach
Sharina works with people facing trauma, grief, addiction, and mood differences including bipolar disorder. She also supports concerns around parenting, career stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment, codependency, impulsivity, and feelings of isolation or shame.
In session she uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques suited to each person's needs. Goals are set together and progress is reviewed regularly. Many clients find relief from learning new coping tools and from talking through upsetting or confusing events.
Her background as a Virginia LCSW informs a practical approach that balances listening with skill-building. She aims to make therapy understandable and usable in daily life. If someone needs help sorting priorities or calming anxious thoughts, she works alongside them to create manageable steps forward.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sharina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Dissociation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Online support
Approaches that guide online care
Sharina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and understanding. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping skills and emotion regulation techniques to manage anxiety, mood swings, and impulsivity. These tools help people notice patterns and try new behaviors in small steps.Another approach emphasizes exploring attachment and relationship patterns to reduce isolation and improve connection. This work looks at how past hurts or abandonment affect current relationships and helps people try different ways of relating that feel safer and more effective.
Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan as needed. Sessions include brief check-ins on progress so the approach stays aligned with each person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other life schedules while trying different therapeutic strategies.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she focus on?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and family issues, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and identity or sexuality questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for strengths and helps people try practical strategies between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has seven years of professional experience working in clinical settings and brings that practical experience to sessions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) licensed in Virginia and practices from that location.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not seeing international clients at this time.
What formats are available for meeting?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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