Sharonda Ocean, LCSW

Sharonda Ocean is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with eight years of experience in the mental health field. She centers her work on the practice of self-love and helping people prioritize their own well-being as a foundation for healing. Sharonda views each person as the expert of their own life and partners with clients to build on existing strengths while addressing current challenges and deeper wounds.

Her clinical focus includes support for stress and anxiety, depression, self-esteem and confidence issues, trauma and abuse, relationship difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. She also works with concerns related to attachment, codependency, communication and control issues, family of origin problems, grief from divorce and separation, dissociation, and other complex emotional difficulties. Sharonda integrates a range of therapeutic methods to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Sharonda offers a warm, empathetic virtual space where clients can be seen and heard while exploring goals for growth and healing. She encourages those taking the first step toward therapy and is available to support clients through a collaborative, strengths-based process aimed at practical coping and meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Sharonda blends evidence-informed approaches to address emotional pain and everyday stressors in practical, accessible ways. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take values-guided actions to build a meaningful life - useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation challenges. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns that develop in close relationships and explores how early connection experiences influence current trust, intimacy, and communication, which can aid work on relationship issues and attachment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration, creating a supportive environment where clients lead the pace and focus of change and build confidence in their own strengths.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Sharonda works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and needs, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps ensure therapy remains relevant and responsive.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These options allow clients to attend from home or other convenient locations, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain continuity during life transitions.