Sharon Woodard, LMHC, LCMHC

Sharon Woodard is a licensed therapist based in North Carolina with 15 years of experience supporting people through depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and a wide range of life transitions. She holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - and maintains licensure in North Carolina and Washington. Her work emphasizes a compassionate, holistic approach that helps clients rebuild self-esteem, manage stress, and move forward after painful experiences.

Sharon creates a supportive space where individuals can explore difficult feelings related to relationships, workplace pressures, shame, control issues, and isolation. She has particular experience working with women, survivors of sexual assault and abuse, people coping with mood disorders and post-traumatic stress, and those navigating intimacy or family challenges. Her practice also addresses concerns such as ADHD, panic attacks, grief, and career-related stress.

Drawing on a blend of evidence-informed methods and a warm, person-centered stance, she helps clients develop practical coping strategies, cultivate self-compassion, and reconnect with purpose. Sharon aims to empower each person to build resilience and sustain meaningful change over time.

Approaches for online healing and practical care

Sharon uses client-centered therapy to place each person's values and experiences at the forefront of treatment. This approach focuses on active listening, empathy, and collaboration so clients can explore feelings and identify goals at their own pace. It is well suited to issues like low self-esteem, relationship challenges, and the search for life purpose.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help individuals identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT offers concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and mood symptoms through structured strategies and skill-building.

For clients coping with traumatic experiences, Sharon integrates trauma-focused methods that address the impact of past events on current functioning and support recovery through paced, evidence-informed techniques.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Sharon works with each person to weigh treatment options and tailor interventions to their needs, goals, and preferences so therapy feels relevant and doable.

Online therapy with Sharon is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and varying comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and maintain continuity of care regardless of location.