Purpose of counseling
Choosing to enter counseling is an act of love for you that will grow into every area of your life. Counseling is a safe space to be yourself and allows you to find yourself as you discuss difficulties. Throughout life, we all experience painful situations that can be connected to grief, loss, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Counseling allows you to identify and define the difficulties while gaining tools to gain healing from them.
Speaker, Counselor, and Educator
Sharlene believes that insight into you is powerful, which opens the door to knowledge. Being a link to change, Sharlene is supporting the community, as an Advisory Council member for DBHDD, and a coalition member with GUIDE Inc. and CHRIS 180. Sharlene has presented at conferences for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) on topics of Co-Occurring Disorders, Trauma, and Suicide. Sharlene has presented for the DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties Board of Health on topics of diabetes and depression and postpartum. Sharlene presented for Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Recovery month on substance use disorder and is a published author for DiaBeater, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and UpJourney.
Specialist Areas
Anxiety
LGBTQI
Trauma
Coaching
Depression
Church Hurt
Corporate Training
Couple Counseling
Individual Counseling
Business Consultation
Telemental Health Therapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Operating in a relationship with you is the foundation for building other relationships. Therapy is a natural, healthy, and important opportunity for you to gain a healthy relationship with yourself. When a lack of identity and knowledge of you occurs, anxiety, depression, and stress can produce disconnection and harm to you.
Couple Therapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
Joining your life with another can be exciting, loving, and fulfilling. Yet sometimes not having the tools in a relationship can cause the opposite when daily pressures, past challenges, and future hopes arise. Couple therapy can be a safe space for each person to learn how to resolve conflicts and communicate their needs.
LGBTQI
Individual Psychotherapy
Coaching
Searching for a healthy relationship does not happen by chance. As an individual in the LGBTQI community struggling to be seen in any relationship can be challenging due to trauma, anxiety, and depression. Attending therapy can be a safe space for you as you discover you to share.
Coaching
Educator/Speaker
Coaching
Sharlene believes that a professional relationship in which the coach and client partner to meet specific goals is important. Together, defining goals and strategies while addressing potential obstacles is a way to minimize or eliminate them. The coaching process observes your strengths to assist you in creating what you want in your work/life.
Author
Educator/Speaker
Educator/Speaker
Sharlene is an author who has written for Chicken Soup for the Soul. Issue Devotional Stories for Women, 101 Daily Devotions to Comfort, Encourage and Inspire Women.
Upjourney Article: What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying? DiaBeaters Maganzine piece called "Diabetes, Mental Health, Assessment Tools, and Advocacy". https://joom.ag/2d9I
Educator/Speaker
Educator/Speaker
Educator/Speaker
Sharlene has worked with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) as a speaker and educator on topics (Opioid Learning Collaborative (Co-occurring disorder), Trauma for Veterans, and Suicide in Colleges and Universities.) Also, with the DeKalb and Gwinnett Boards of Health on topics, diabetes, and depression, and postpartum. Sharlene is currently an Advisory Council Member for Region 3 of DBHDD.
Therapy
Church Hurt
For many, faith can be a place of comfort, but for some, faith can be a place of trauma and pain. For that reason, staying connected to people in your faith can result in trauma, anxiety, and depression. Sometimes leading to a loss in your relationship with your faith. As your therapist, Sharlene will utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist you in gaining healthy tools to build a foundation of safety, trust, and love to connect you to your faith.
Trauma & Fear
Trauma and fear can cause disconnection and feelings of being unsafe. Therefore, forcing you to go outside yourself and sometimes dishonor yourself. Sharlene believes that fear, anxiety, and trauma are a few emotions that can shift your identity and beliefs. Believing in the power of each individual, Sharlene can assist you in building safety and a non-judgmental relationship with you.
Relationships
Relationships are a huge part of who we are, and a huge source of injuries that can result in a disconnection from the most important relationship, you. When injuries occur, you can feel lost and alone. Therapy can be a key to unlocking you as you seek to strengthen your relationship with yourself through building respect, love, and forgiveness.
sharlene h. mcclendon, lpc, ccpt, CpCS
About Your Counselor
Sharlene H. McClendon is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor. Sharlene's passion is to help promote freedom and acceptance for all individuals who are struggling to see and accept themselves beyond the stigma, shame, and guilt of yesterday. Believing in the rights of all, Sharlene's approach to psychotherapy is CBT focused and believe in the therapeutic relationship and a strong co-creating environment of safety and support.
Sharlene started her career at Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Out-Patient as a counselor for 7 years. There Sharlene gained experience working with clients who experienced postpartum, co-occurring, trauma, depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. As a co-facilitator of Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Out-Patient Intense Out-Patient program (IOP) for 4-years, Sharlene have experience working with individuals experiencing a substance use disorder. Utilizing her experience, Sharlene believes, self-identity is formed by the relationships connected to oneself and others. Sometimes those relationships can develop into dysfunction, chaos, and communication barriers that affect individual relationships. In addition to starting her career at Northside Hospital Behavioral Health Out-Patient, Sharlene has presented for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) on subjects of Co-occurring Disorder, Trauma, and Suicide. The DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties Board of Health on topics diabetes and depression, and postpartum. Sharlene is currently operating as an Advisory Council Member for Region 3 for DBHDD for six counties. Where Sharlene will support the community's needs and create a link between the community and the Board of Commissioners.
Sharlene believes the goal of therapy is to gain self-awareness and emotional intelligence by examining the triggers and knowledge of anxiety, trauma, and depression. By identifying the triggers or lack of relationship with self, individuals can develop healthy tools to support healthy decision-making. Being a part of the change and healing is an important position Sharlene takes very seriously. Sharlene completed her BS at Liberty University in Psychology and MS at Walden University in Mental Health Counseling. Sharlene received her Clinical Trauma Professional certification through the International Association of Trauma Professionals and Certified Professional Counselor Supervisor at LPCA.
Mission
Sharlene's mission is to aid in the emotional and psychological development of individuals who are experiencing anxiety, trauma, depression, or identity-related issue, oftentimes connected to relationships. Safety, trust, love, and stability are critical components of a relationship with oneself. By being a committed advocate for individuals, couples, and the community, Sharlene is a champion for the Mental Health community by providing prevention, education, and counseling techniques that promote a healthy relationship with oneself.
Patient Promise and Treatment Focus
Through therapy, Sharlene promises to be an advocate for you every step of your journey, as you gain insight and knowledge of the person in the mirror. By having a safe and non-judgmental space, you can learn how to establish safety, trust, love, and stability for yourself as you build a healthy relationship with yourself.
Sharlene's focus is to help you to become an advocate for yourself by building a relationship with yourself, which will change communities. This is achieved through education, trust, support, and compassion.
Clinical Supervision
Individual and Goup Supervision
Supervsior: Sharlene H. McClendon, LPC, CCTP, CPCS
Counselor Supervision is a service provided to graduated students who have completed a Master's degree program in counseling and qualifies to pursue licensure with the State of Georgia Professional Board. Supervision is an interactive learning process that promotes ethics, professional development, psychoeducation, clinical skills and independence.
Requirements for Clinical Supervision:
- Successful completion of a Master's degree program that qualifies you to pursue licensure as a Professional Counselor in the State of Georgia : https://sos.ga.gov/
- Employment in a position that qualififes as counseling services
- Liability Insurance
- Weekly 60 minutes supervision commitment
Healing Together Solutions, LLC Clinical Supervision Benefits:
- Quality individual and group supervision that promote self-care and licensure
- Support in the areas of client welfare, ethics, diversity, and professional development
- Promote and facilitate professional growth and development of clinical skills
- Assist supervisee in gaining their Theoretical Orientation
- Assist supervisee in gaining psychoeducation
- Enhance and support the quality of clinical services
- Assist supervisee in operating in their scope of practice
Contact Sharlene McClendon to discuss setting up an appointment for consultation to move forward
TeleMental Health Therapy is an important opportunity for clients who are experiencing anxiety, fear, and identity-related issues connected to a lack of relationship to self to receive psychological support from the safety and comfort of their homes. Healing Together Solutions, LLC is now only offering Telemental Health to the community. Please feel free to reach out to Healing Together Solutions, LLC to book an appointment.
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Sharlene's Corner
Upjourney Article: What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying?
https://upjourney.com/what-to-say-to-someone-who-is-dying
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Women: I Am worthy of Love, Sharlene H. Mcclendon (2009), DiaBeaters Magazine (4th Edition, 2021), Diabetes Head On https://joom.ag/2d9I (Diabetes, Mental Health, Assessment Tools, and Advocacy)
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My practice is considered an outpatient facility, and I do not carry an on-call phone, nor am I available 24 hours
