Sharon has moved to East Tennessee after living in the
Central Florida area for 46 years and growing up in West
Orange County. She has a Masters degree in Counseling
from Reformed Theological Seminary, a Bachelors degree
from the University of Central Florida in business, and an
Associate degree from Florida State University. Sharon
began working in the mental health field in 1997. Prior to
working in the mental health field, she worked as an
analyst/estimator for a defense contractor for ten years.
She left defense contracting to pursue a career in
counseling. While in school for her Master’s degree and
upon graduation, she worked for two community colleges
and a four year university. She coordinated a career
education program and was on a team of evaluators
contracted out by the state to evaluate career programs
statewide. In 2001 she was President of the Florida Tech
Prep Network. Sharon is currently a Licensed Professional
Counselor in Tennessee, Licensed Mental Health
Counselor in Florida, and a National Certified Counselor.
In 2009, she completed a 25 hour Healthy Sexuality
certificate program from American Association of Christian
Counselors (AACC). She is currently working on a
certificate in Trauma and Stress from AACC.
Sharon Sitler, M.A.
Sharon's areas of specialty include, working with survivors of sexual abuse and/or trauma, marriage
counseling, working with children/adolescents and families, working with those struggling with
depression or anxiety, and career counseling.  She is currently a representative for the
Southeastern Region on the International Board for the Christian Association for Psychological
Studies (CAPS).  She also remains active on the CAPS Southeastern Regional Board, and she
coordinates local events for the Knoxville CAPS Chapter.

She has presented and taught numerous workshops at both local and national conferences and has
taught at churches in Florida and in Tennessee. Her presentations are interactive and can be
tailored to a number of different audiences. She continues to be a talk show guest on a local
Christian radio station in Knoxville and has also written numerous articles for a local newspaper and
Christian magazine.

Sharon and her husband, Ed, live in the Knoxville area.  They enjoy being involved in their local
church and are involved in a community group and a bi-weekly bible study. They love gardening,
bird watching, traveling, camping and NASCAR races. Ed remains a Software Architect for a
company based out of Florida who has graciously allowed him to relocate. They also have a cat and
a kitten they’ve adopted from the Humane Society since moving to Tennessee. They moved to
Knoxville to be close to family already in this area.
  • National Certified Counselor
  • Sexual Abuse Survivors; Trauma
    Survivors
  • Marriage Therapy
  • Children & Adolescents
  • Family Therapy
  • Individual Therapy with Depression
    & Anxiety
  • Career Counseling