Sharon Bailey

Sharon Bailey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of experience across military, clinical, academic, and private-practice settings. She began her career serving as a Combat Medic in the Army, served as an Air Force Reservist, and retired from active duty in the Air Force where she worked as a social worker. Her professional background includes roles in academia, mental health services, school counseling, life coaching, critical incident debriefing, and group work. She also spent eight years in private practice before relocating from San Antonio to the New York area to be closer to aging family members, and she is currently located in Texas. Sharon practices using a client-centered approach that emphasizes each person’s needs and goals. She draws on evidence-based methods such as Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Emotional Freedom Technique, which is also known as Tapping. In sessions she assigns homework, keeps an active dialogue, and collaborates with clients to support progress and change. She holds a Texas license as a clinical social worker, an advanced credential (LCSW) issued under license number 18464.