Sharonda Patrick

Sharonda Patrick is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina with 17 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family concerns, self-esteem struggles, addictions, grief, and compassion fatigue.

Sharonda centers care on each person's strengths and story. She treats clients as the expert on their own life and helps them build skills that fit their goals. Her approach is straightforward and practical, focused on small changes that add up over time.

In sessions she uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify unhelpful patterns and set short-term goals. That work looks like spotting negative thinking, trying new behaviors, and tracking progress week to week. Sharonda keeps the process collaborative and results-oriented so clients can measure what’s working.

She has particular experience with parenting stress, intimacy issues, mood disorders including bipolar and postpartum depression, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and career or purpose questions. She also addresses concerns like communication problems, infidelity, forgiveness, and feeling isolated.

People who reach out can expect clear steps and practical strategies. Sharonda encourages small experiments between sessions and checks progress often. Taking the first step can be hard, and she aims to make the path forward feel manageable and realistic.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Sharonda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves tracking mood, practicing alternative responses, and testing new coping skills for anxiety, depression, or stress. She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which emphasizes setting clear, short-term goals and identifying next steps that bring quick, practical improvement.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will work together with each person to match techniques to their goals and needs. That might mean emphasizing skill-building with CBT for mood regulation or focusing on actionable steps with a solution-focused plan when someone wants fast progress.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile. Many people find remote sessions helpful because they remove travel time, allow meetings during a work break, and make it simpler to keep consistent appointments. Some formats can be shorter or rely less on video when bandwidth or scheduling is a concern. The focus remains on practical tools, measurable steps, and regular check-ins to track progress.