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Shari Lewis, AMFT
Ages:
Children (4-12)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults (26+)
Experience: 1-5 years
Shari Lewis, AMFT
Cognitive Behavioral and ERP Therapist, AMFT, Under Licensed Supervision
AMFT #159691
Shari provides a warm, safe, and collaborative therapy space where children, teens and adults, can feel understood and supported. She believes meaningful healing and growth happen when you’re met with empathy, respect, and practical tools that actually fit your life.
In her work, Shari draws upon evidence-based modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), play therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Together, you’ll identify tools and strategies you can use right away—while also creating space to explore how past experiences may be shaping your current challenges.
Shari’s successful legal background informs her work with clients navigating relationships, parenting at every stage, academic and work stress, grief, major life changes, and caring for aging parents.
Shari holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University, as well as degrees from Duke University and Yale University.
Shari offers in-person sessions in Palo Alto and Menlo Park, as well as video appointments.
Outside the therapy room, she enjoys hiking, skiing, traveling, learning new things, theater, game nights, and spending time with friends and family.
What I Treat:
- Academic Stress
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Family Problems
- Life Transitions
- Parenting and Discipline
- Relationships/Communication
- Self-Esteem
- Social Anxiety
- Stress
- Work/Career
Special Interests:
- Social Anxiety
Intensive Study/Specialization:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapists are mental health professionals trained in psychotherapy with a family systems influence, and licensed to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders that affect individuals, couples, and families. The Federal government has designated marriage and family therapy as a core mental health profession along with psychiatry, psychology, social work and psychiatric nursing. The State of California support and regulate the profession by licensing MFTs.
Educational requirements
Marriage and Family Therapists have graduate training (either a masters or doctoral degree) in counseling psychology with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. Prior to a rigorous exam process leading to licensure, LMFTs must complete at least 3,000 hours of post-graduate clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Before full licensure, LMFTs are called “Associates”. LMFTs are employed in a variety of private and public settings, including private practice, community mental health centers, and behavioral managed care organizations.
Do LMFTs only work with clients who are having problems in their marriages and families?
No. While LMFTs are qualified to do couples and family therapy, most LMFTs work with individual adults to not only enhance the quality of their relationships, but also decrease symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.
How can a LMFT help me?
Like other mental health professionals such as social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists, LMFTs help clients by diagnosing and treating common emotional and behavioral difficulties that interfere with functioning at an optimal level. LMFTs use empirical-supported counseling techniques to help their clients achieve desired goals.