Sharlene Duplessis

Sharlene Duplessis is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She works with people who have faced trauma, mood challenges, and major life changes. Her approach centers on the person in front of her and on practical steps people can use right away.

She uses therapies that focus on thoughts, feelings, and skills. That can mean learning tools to manage strong emotions, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, or processing past traumatic memories. Sessions aim to help people notice progress and build on small wins.

Sharlene has worked in outpatient settings across Connecticut and has experience helping people with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and stress related to life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, blended family concerns, and the challenges that come with divorce and separation.

In the room she emphasizes collaboration and clear goals. She helps people set realistic steps, practice new skills, and track changes over time. Work often blends skill teaching, problem solving, and trauma-focused techniques.

Her style is straightforward and steady. She encourages persistence and a growth mindset so people can move forward one day at a time. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients, with scheduling and session formats to be confirmed before booking.

Therapeutic approaches for online healing and coping

Sharlene commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to address distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can ease anxiety and depression and improve daily coping. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps people process traumatic memories so those memories cause less distress in daily life.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills when needed. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process - the therapist and client will talk about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then try methods that fit those needs.

Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available online session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when days are tight, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, skills practice, and trauma processing to work well over remote sessions when the format fits a client's needs.