Lawrence Sharrett

Originally from the United States, I am currently based in Athens, Greece. As a mental health professional, I am working with mental health initiatives for individuals and for groups. With degrees in counseling psychology and psychotherapy, educational leadership, and theological studies, education has been an important part of my personal and professional journey. With over 10 years of counseling experience in contexts ranging from hospitals to classrooms to online sessions, I provide counseling and coaching for adults, adolescents, or children, especially expats and expat families.

I have lived and worked in four European cities, including Sofia, Athens, Thessaloniki, and Tirana. My background includes work as a professional educator in international schools, a professional athlete, a pastoral counselor, a cross-cultural educational program coordinator, a director of community mental health initiatives, a coordinator for social and emotional leadership programs for youth, and a mental health counselor in private practice.

Additionally, I am a lifelong learner whose approaches as a counselor are person-centered, existential, and integrative, specifically seeking to empower clients toward innovation and creativity as they discover their way forward in life. I find joy in the privilege and responsibility of walking alongside others as they grow personally or professionally.

If any of the following describe you and your desire to seek counseling, and if you would like to schedule a confidential consultation to discuss the counseling process, sign up below or email me directly at: sharrettcounseling@gmail.com

My professional counseling experience includes work with people in several areas: family background, identity development, emotional regulation, conflict and reconciliation, social and emotional leadership skills for youth, expat challenges, being a person of faith in post-faith contexts, acute or chronic stress along with anxiety and depression, accumulated grief from pain and loss in life, leaders seeking innovation support, and people wrestling with guilt and shame in life.