My name is Sharon Cannon, and I am a clinical psychologist. I am consistently impressed by people’s abilities to survive challenges and hardships, but recognize how much more efficient this process can be when they use the resources available to them, including support and guidance. I have worked as a licensed psychologist for almost 32 years now, providing this guidance and helping clients establish the resources that will support them on their life path beyond our counseling relationship. I obtained my undergraduate degree in psychology in Ohio, and then received my Master’s and Doctorate at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. My area of focus was adolescence and young adulthood, reflecting my fascination with identity, establishment of interpersonal roles, and navigation of life transitions—issues I came to realize are relevant to all of us regardless our age. Working with these issues also naturally led to further training and experience with eating disordered populations. Increasingly, I find myself also drawn to the identity and transitional issues of middle-adulthood, a time period in which we’re seeing more eating disorder problems, as well as depressive and anxiety responses. My approach to working with clients is very much dependent on what they bring in to the therapy context, in terms of problems, goals, developmental stage, and interpersonal style. Universally, I tend to be rather active and directive—not much into simply nodding and reflecting back what you’ve already said. My goals are to provide support, but also to help you understand and accept yourself–to enable you to recognize, predict, and work with your own patterns. The end result is an ability to see and accept one’s own strengths and weaknesses, to find productive ways to meet one’s own needs, and then to establish a lifestyle that taps into the qualities abilities one most values. I feel honored to be part of this process with people who start psychotherapy with me.