Shardae Collins, LICSW, LCSW
Straightforward telehealth support for anger and stress
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Shardae works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Washington, Nevada, Massachusetts, California
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Shardae
Shardae Collins is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who offers telehealth therapy for people in Washington. She helps adults manage stress, anger, anxiety, and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and down-to-earth so conversations stay focused and useful.
She pays attention to each person’s history and current situation. Sessions look at how relationships, caregiving roles, and past losses shape feelings today.
Background and approach
That includes work on trauma, grief, self-esteem, and struggles tied to identity and LGBTQ concerns. Shardae leans on approaches that help people make small, practical changes. She uses strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and build different habits.
She also draws from attachment-based ideas to improve how people relate to others and from mindfulness to calm intense reactions. In session she is direct, culturally aware, and trauma-informed. Her goal is to create a non-shaming place where people can speak honestly and test new ways of coping.
She describes herself as a guide who helps clients find their own strengths and next steps. Shardae has six years of clinical experience and works with concerns like parenting stress, caregiver burnout, relationship and communication issues, and compassion fatigue. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
What Shardae works with
Everything Shardae lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Shardae's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Shardae lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. Online sessions can use this approach to spot patterns in how someone trusts, seeks support, or pulls away, and to practice new ways of relating in day-to-day life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice thoughts that lead to strong emotions and replace them with different actions. In virtual sessions this can mean learning thought records, simple behavioral experiments, and homework exercises that fit into a client’s routine.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used for processing traumatic memories and reducing their hold on daily life. When appropriate, elements of EMDR can be adapted for telehealth with careful pacing and collaboration about comfort and readiness.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they’ll try a method and adjust it as needed so the work matches real-life needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a simpler way to check in. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins, tools between sessions, and more frequent touchpoints when that helps progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Shardae
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, relationship and communication problems, parenting and caregiver stress, grief, self-esteem, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is direct, culturally aware, and non-shaming. She blends practical skill-building with attention to personal history and relationships.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience as a practicing social worker in mental health care.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds MA LICSW and CA LCSW credentials and provides telehealth services to people residing in Washington.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.