Dr. Sharon Belhamel, LMFT
Compassionate therapist helping people reshape their stories
Details
| Name | Dr. Sharon Belhamel |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LMFT |
| Based in | Georgia |
| Licensed in | Georgia |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Sharon
Dr. Sharon Belhamel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Georgia. She brings 20 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and major life changes.
Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps people can use right away. She uses Narrative therapy to help people tell clearer stories about their lives and find new meanings. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live toward their values, and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior.
Background and approach
These approaches are mixed with client-centered and cognitive tools to match each person’s needs. In a typical session she listens to what matters most, asks questions to uncover patterns, and works with clients to try different ways of responding. Conversations include skills for managing strong emotions, finding direction after losses, and improving everyday relationships.
Practical steps and small experiments are common parts of the work. Her background spans a wide range of issues: relationship and intimacy concerns, grief and loss, addiction and trauma, career stress, ADHD, and caregiver strain. She also addresses body image, chronic illness, adoption and foster care topics, and many other related concerns.
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can find what fits their routine.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Career difficulties among the things Sharon works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Sharon among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Sharon directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Sharon directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Belhamel commonly uses Narrative therapy to help people rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. That work focuses on identifying unhelpful storylines and trying new perspectives to reduce distress and open different choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify values and build small, value-driven actions even when strong emotions are present. Attachment-Based ideas help uncover how early and current relationships affect patterns in emotions and behavior, useful for relationship strain and intimacy issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying an approach for a few sessions, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together when needed.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or work well for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging support short updates, reflection between sessions, and ongoing coaching-style touchpoints.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist help with?
She works with anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, addictions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and many related topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends Narrative work with client-centered listening and practical cognitive techniques. Sessions focus on clear conversation, small experiments, and skills people can use between meetings.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 20 years of experience as a therapist and draws on that background to support people through life transitions and complex concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Georgia LMFT - and practices from Georgia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs handled?
Session pricing varies with location and therapist arrangements; care is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
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