Shari Schaffer, LMFT

Shari Schaffer is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Texas. She has 15 years of clinical and educational experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship difficulties. Shari works with people who face parenting challenges, career strain, ADHD, addictions, and effects of trauma or emotional abuse.

Shari keeps sessions warm and interactive. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while focusing on practical steps. She believes healing happens within a relationship and adapts the pace to each person’s needs.

Her background includes work across depression, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and mood disorders. She also supports people coping with grief, end-of-life concerns, and the long-term effects of trauma. Communication problems, control issues, and intimacy-related struggles are among other common topics she addresses.

Shari draws on a range of approaches to shape treatment. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas, client-centered methods, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques to help people shift thoughts and everyday habits. She tailors a plan that fits the person in front of her rather than offering a fixed formula.

She aims to help people find clearer priorities and workable steps for change. If you want straightforward, collaborative care from a Texas-based LMFT, Shari offers a focused, person-centered way to work through life’s challenges.

Therapeutic approaches and what online work can look like

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, meaningful actions even when thoughts or feelings are hard. It can help with anxiety, depression, and improving daily routines. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and meeting each person where they are to build trust and personal insight. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to make sense of difficult decisions and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed path.

Please confirm session formats before booking since the biography does not specify them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break or a session without needing to travel. It can also allow consistent follow-up over weeks, support practicing mindfulness between visits, and make attendance simpler when schedules are tight. Discuss practical needs and preferences during the initial matching so session length and frequency can match real life commitments.