About Sharon
Sharon Kuhlmann is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in Minnesota with 20 years of clinical experience. She emphasizes practical skills and calm conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and ADHD. Sharon listens closely and offers clear tools you can use between sessions.
She draws on a background in nursing to explain how the body and mind respond to stress and anxiety. That mix of medical and therapeutic experience shapes her approach to symptoms like sleep disruption, fatigue, or chronic worry.
Background and approach
She teaches grounding and self-calming techniques that feel straightforward and doable. Sharon also supports people working through grief, trauma, and intimacy-related concerns. She uses focused strategies to address painful memories and to build new patterns in relationships.
For relationship work she incorporates Gottman-informed ideas to improve communication and reduce blame. In therapy she blends cognitive behavioral exercises, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused steps so sessions stay practical. She will help you set concrete goals and try small changes, then adjust what’s working.
Her style mixes listening, coaching, and skill-building. Many clients come for help with parenting stress, career transitions, or compassion fatigue from healthcare work. Sharon welcomes straightforward conversations about everyday struggles and offers tools to make daily life more manageable.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Sharon uses a mix of methods that translate well to remote care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical changes to thinking and behavior. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and day-to-day coping by teaching clear steps and homework to try between sessions.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories and their strong emotional charge. In sessions clients are guided to process upsetting experiences and reduce their intensity, which can help with trauma symptoms and intrusive memories.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences, then recommend one or a combination of methods to try. Plans are adjusted based on what helps, so clients stay involved in deciding the path forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer weekly sessions and interactive exercises, while phone calls can work when bandwidth or attention is limited. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, quick skill reminders, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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