Sharon Sumler , LMSW

Sharon Sumler is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 20 years of clinical experience supporting individuals, couples, families, children, and teens through a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She draws on personal experience with medical and emotional struggles to bring empathy and steady support to her work, helping clients reassess self-worth and find ways to move forward after difficult events.

Her practice focuses on practical, collaborative work that blends listening with skill-building to address concerns such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Sharon emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental approach that values each personâs unique story and readiness for change.

Clients benefit from her calm, understanding presence and her commitment to helping people develop tools for emotional regulation, improved communication, and healthier coping patterns. She aims to create a space where clients can speak openly, explore goals, and build lasting strategies for stability and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Sharon integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, empathetic relationship where the clientâs goals drive the work and the therapist provides support and nonjudgmental reflection. CBT offers practical strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with skills that reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when clients need concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT techniques can be especially useful for people managing intense emotions, relationship conflicts, or patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sharon works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives and to access support from licensed professionals and therapists without adding travel time.