Sharon Smith-Kemper, LCSW
Licensed in New Jersey · 16 years in practice
Sharon Smith-Kemper helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or trouble with addictions.
License and registration
- LCSW, New Jersey
- 44SC05455800 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1154527117 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
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About Sharon
Sharon Smith-Kemper helps people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or trouble with addictions. She also supports those facing trauma, low self-esteem, panic attacks, and relationship-related struggles like attachment and abandonment worries. Sharon is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in New Jersey with 16 years of experience.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. She listens first to understand what feels hardest, then builds a plan that fits each person's life.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and goal-focused, with tools you can try between sessions. She aims to make therapy feel doable, not overwhelming. Sharon draws on several evidence-based methods to shape sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-based choices and coping with difficult feelings. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to look at patterns in close relationships.
In session she emphasizes clear skills - mindfulness, grounding, and emotion regulation - alongside space to talk through painful memories and beliefs. For people dealing with addictions or impulsivity, she works on triggers and practical strategies to reduce harm. When money stress, caregiving burden, or life changes cause strain, she helps plan small, manageable steps forward.
Sharon writes treatment plans with respect and sensitivity. She adapts pacing and methods to what each person needs. The goal is steady progress toward more stability, clearer priorities, and greater day-to-day coping.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sharon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Sharon names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Sharon commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes living by your values while learning simple ways to accept difficult feelings, which can help with depression and stress.She approaches treatment collaboratively. Finding the right method is part of the work together, and the therapist will check in and adjust approaches based on goals, preferences, and what is helping. This makes sessions more useful and tailored to each person's situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and skill practice, phone calls can fit a busy or low-bandwidth day, short live chats are helpful for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit into a hectic life while keeping focus on clear tools and steady progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Sharon focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem issues. Additional focus areas include panic attacks, attachment and abandonment concerns, and mood or impulse problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are practical and conversational with an emphasis on skills you can use day to day. The style blends listening with clear steps and small homework tasks.
What is Sharon's background?
Sharon has 16 years of professional experience helping people manage emotional difficulties and life stressors. She aims to tailor plans to each persons needs and goals.
Where is Sharon licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LCSW in New Jersey and provides services from that state.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sharon offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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