Shari Schaffer, LMFT - Therapist in Texas

About Shari

Shari Schaffer is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Texas with 15 years of clinical and educational experience. She focuses on practical help for common and painful issues, including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, and trauma. Her work emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a collaborative spirit.

Shari offers straightforward, interactive sessions that aim to build better daily functioning. She listens closely, helps people clarify goals, and uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs.

Background and approach

When trauma or emotional abuse is part of the story, she brings experience and attention to safety and pacing. Her background includes work across clinical and educational settings, which shaped a flexible way of working. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centered methods, existential thinking, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques.

These tools are used in practical ways rather than jargon-filled explanations. Sessions are adapted to what each person needs at the time. Shari tailors plans to focus on problems like communication challenges, grief, compulsive behaviors, ADHD-related struggles, mood issues, and life transitions.

She helps people identify what matters most and take manageable steps toward it. For parents and caregivers worried about daily stressors, she aims to make therapy usable between appointments. The work is collaborative and down-to-earth, focused on small changes that add up.

Shari welcomes conversations about goals and next steps, and she helps people find ways to move forward.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when feelings are difficult. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens deeply and supports the client in finding their own solutions; it helps with self-esteem, decision-making, and relationship concerns. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they will choose techniques and a pace that fit the person’s life and needs. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when needed, while phone sessions can feel more flexible. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between scheduled meetings, which can be helpful for managing stress, parenting challenges, and day-to-day coping. These options give people more ways to stay connected with a licensed professional when they need support.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Shari address?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, ADHD, and mood disorders.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm and interactive, with an emphasis on respect and collaboration. Sessions focus on practical steps and conversations that can be used between appointments.

What is her professional background?

She has 15 years of experience working in clinical and educational settings, including work with people affected by physical trauma and emotional abuse.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, registered in Texas as TX LMFT 202209 and practices from Texas.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Texas
Languages: English

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