Sharon Kuhlmann, LMFT

Minnesota · 20 years in practice

Sharon Kuhlmann is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LMFT, Minnesota: 950 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1386701407 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Sharon

Sharon Kuhlmann is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of clinical experience. She emphasizes practical tools that help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Sharon combines calm listening with clear guidance to make conversations feel straightforward and useful.

Sharon draws on a background in nursing to explain how the body and mind interact during anxiety, pain, and stress. She uses that perspective to teach breathing, grounding, and self-calming strategies that are easy to try between sessions.

Background and approach

She also uses evidence-informed approaches such as cognitive behavioral work and EMDR to address trauma and distress. Many clients come for help with grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, or career transitions. Sharon frames sessions to set achievable goals and to track small changes week to week.

She also brings solution-focused ideas when people want quick, practical steps to try right away. Relationship concerns are approached with tools from the Gottman Method alongside communication coaching. Sharon aims to help people improve connection and reduce escalation with concrete skills rather than long explanations.

She encourages mindful practices to support sleep, self-esteem, and attention challenges such as ADHD. Sharon’s style blends therapist, teacher, and coach. She welcomes straightforward talk and mutual problem solving.

Her practice centers on helping people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sharon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Depression
Compassion fatigue
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
ADHD

Approaches Sharon names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Sharon uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. CBT is practical and often focuses on skills you can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, lift mood, or manage daily challenges. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as a trauma-focused approach that can help reduce the intensity of painful memories and related reactions during a course of work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. She helps design a plan that may combine CBT, EMDR, mindfulness, or solution-focused steps depending on the issue and the person's pace.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework, and flexible communication between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Sharon address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, sleep problems, self-esteem, career changes, and ADHD.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Sessions combine attentive listening with practical coaching. She offers tools, short exercises, and goal-focused steps to try between visits.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has practiced for 20 years and has worked in both nursing and counseling roles, bringing that combined experience to her therapy work.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, MN LMFT, and practices from Minnesota.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she use?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are sessions paid for?

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