Shari Schaffer

Shari Schaffer is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas with over 15 years of experience in clinical and educational settings. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, career decisions, and attention-related struggles. She also supports those coping with trauma, emotional abuse, and grief.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on respectful, sensitive conversation that aims to build insight and practical change. Shari emphasizes the role of the therapeutic relationship in healing and works to make sessions feel collaborative.

Shari draws on several therapy methods to shape each person’s plan. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness strategies to help people notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-centered and narrative approaches are used to follow each person’s priorities and personal story.

Motivational interviewing techniques are included when people want help finding internal motivation for change. Existential ideas are used for people wrestling with meaning, life purpose, or major transitions. Together these approaches aim to create clear, doable steps rather than abstract recommendations.

She has experience with hospice and end-of-life counseling among many other focus areas. Shari adapts pacing and topics to the needs of each person, and she works to make practical progress while honoring strong emotions.

How therapeutic approaches inform online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that match personal values. This can help when anxiety, depression, or life transitions make it hard to move forward. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities, offering a nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client’s lead and reflects what matters most. That approach supports people who need to feel heard while sorting out next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time rather than sticking to a single method from the start.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They can also let people join from a quieter place, use audio-only if that feels easier, or choose session times that work around work and family life. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and motivational techniques to work well in an online setting.