Sharla Cook

I became a therapist because I believe people are not broken. They are storied. Every person who walks into my office carries a narrative that has shaped how they see themselves and the world around them, and my job is to help them find the parts of that story that have gone unexamined, the ones quietly running the show.

I’m Sharla Cook, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate practicing in Connecticut. I hold specialized training in trauma through the Certified Clinical Trauma Professional designation, certification in treating religious trauma, and training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy. My work draws primarily from Narrative Therapy and Internal Family Systems, two approaches that share a deep respect for the complexity of who you are and how you got here.

I work with adults navigating chronic illness, trauma, religious trauma, family estrangement, and major life transitions. I am especially drawn to people who have tried other things, read the books, done the work, and still feel stuck. That stuckness is rarely about effort. It is usually about a story that needs to be examined with fresh eyes and, sometimes, a different kind of support. Family estrangement in particular carries a grief that our culture does not have great language for, and I take that seriously. I bring a culturally informed lens to all of my work, and I am a proud LGBTQ affirming provider who understands that for many people, the hardest stories to reauthor are the ones written by the communities that were supposed to love them most.

That is where ketamine-assisted psychotherapy becomes something I find genuinely remarkable. I’ve seen the medicine loosen the grip of a narrative long enough to look at it differently. My role in integration is to help you make meaning of what emerged, using the same frameworks I bring to all my work: curiosity about your internal system, attention to the stories you carry, and deep respect for your capacity to heal.