About Me

My first psychotherapy office was opened in 1994 and, since then, I have been in private practice treating men, women, adolescents, couples, families and groups. I am both a licensed mental health counselor and a certified chemical dependency specialist level II.

Certification:

Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor, 1995 | Washington State Certified Chemical Dependency Professional II, 1995

Education:

B.A., Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Art, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1983 
M.A., Theatre, Dramatic Literature, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 1988
M.A., Psychology, Antioch University, Seattle, WA 1993

I specialize in several areas of treatment. Among them:
  • Addictions
  • Dual Diagnoses
  • Men and Women's Issues
  • Trauma Recovery
  • Relationship Issues
  • Loss and Grief
  • Depression, Anxiety And Adjustment Disorders

I use a broad and eclectic range of therapeutic modalities from brief therapy as well as longer-term psychodynamic, insight-oriented methods.

Email Sharon O’Connell in Bellingham, Washington, when you want help from a compassionate mental health counselor.

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What Says Our Clients

Hi there! My name is Bob and I would like to share my view toward Sharon O’Connell and the professional relationship I have had the honor of sharing with her as my mental health counselor.

 

When I walked into Sharon’s office, those years and years ago, I was on the brink of the abyss and falling to earth. I am a Vietnam era veteran with, admittedly deep-seated Issues, ones which require
compassion and long-term care.

 

I’ve known Sharon for around 20 years, give or take a few. When someone is so important in your life the meter of how much measured time has been spent becomes irrelevant. The fact that I’m still alive on this earth however, in the same reference of that time spent, is decidedly not irrelevant.

 

No, Sharon did not miraculously rise from the waters on a half-shell. Rather, being the very down to earth person she is, she listened and helped me to recognize many of those things which were challenging me. She guided me away from that destructive skew which my life path seemed to have
found. Now that I’ve grown older there are new challenges and those numerous other things which our continued association is now addressing.

 

The cognizance she has guided me to is one of a new inner peace and I am humbly grateful for her hand in finding this new pathway on which I now find myself.