Shermoin Clardy

Shermoin Clardy is a Washington LICSW with 15 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and workplace issues, and she also offers coaching around life purpose and direction.

She commonly helps people who are struggling with self-esteem, attachment concerns, communication problems, guilt and shame, and forgiveness. Shermoin also supports women coping with postpartum depression and other women's issues. Her work is presented plainly and focuses on what people can do to move forward.

Shermoin uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and build practical tools. Sessions typically involve talking through recent problems, identifying patterns that keep someone stuck, and practicing new ways of responding. She emphasizes culturally responsive care and respects each person's background and values.

Clients can expect focused attention on real-world problems like workplace stress or difficulty naming a next step in life. Shermoin frames challenges as situations to understand and manage, not as labels. She aims to help people clarify priorities and try manageable changes between sessions.

Her approach blends clinical insight with coaching elements when helpful. That means therapy may include emotional processing alongside goal-setting and practical strategies. People who are unsure what comes next often find this combination useful for sorting through options and testing new directions.

Evidence-based approaches and online sessions

Two evidence-based approaches commonly used by clinicians are trauma-focused work and cognitive-based techniques. Trauma-focused work helps people process past hurts and reduce the ways traumatic memories keep affecting daily life. Cognitive-based techniques look at unhelpful thinking patterns and teach practical skills to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Another common approach blends therapeutic work with coaching methods. That involves clarifying values, setting small goals, and trying changes between sessions to see what fits. Shermoin would collaborate with each person to pick approaches that match their needs and goals rather than insisting on a single method.

Confirm the exact online session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Some formats are also useful when someone prefers not to use video or needs a session that fits a lunch break. A therapist will discuss which format suits the goals and daily life of the person seeking help.