Sharonda Patrick, LCMHC

Sharonda Patrick is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or family concerns. She also supports people working on self-esteem, motivation, and life changes. She sees each person as the expert on their own story. Sessions focus on practical skills and short-term goals chosen together. Sharonda uses clear, hands-on techniques to help people make small changes that add up over time. Her approach includes tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small steps that move a person toward their goals. These methods are used to address issues such as mood disorders, grief, trauma and abuse, postpartum depression, and intimacy-related problems. Sharonda works with concerns like communication problems, commitment issues, infidelity, isolation, and parenting strain. She also supports people dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue, and questions about life purpose. Her aim is to build practical plans clients can use between sessions. Starting therapy is framed as a collaborative process. Sharonda emphasizes strengths and helps people try new ways of handling old patterns. The initial sessions focus on what matters most to the client and what will be helpful right away.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Sharonda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, coping with life changes, and stress management.

She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which concentrates on identifying small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. This approach is helpful when someone wants quick, actionable strategies for relationship issues, motivation, or problem-solving.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharonda will discuss goals and preferences and help choose techniques that fit each person's needs. The plan can change as clients learn what works best for them.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists can adapt CBT and solution-focused techniques to work well in remote sessions, focusing on concrete tasks and progress between meetings.