About Sharon
Sharon Woodard is a licensed mental health counselor who brings 15 years of clinical experience to her practice. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and ADHD. Sharon aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can talk through hard things and build practical coping skills.
She uses a client-centered stance to help people feel heard and understood. Sharon also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and DBT skills are available for managing intense emotions and improving focus. Many people come for help with workplace pressure, low self-esteem, or relationship and intimacy concerns. Sharon also supports those recovering from sexual assault and those living with mood or personality disorders.
She pays particular attention to issues of shame, abandonment, and isolation. Her sessions emphasize clear steps and small, measurable changes. Clients can expect to set short-term goals, practice skills between appointments, and track progress over time.
Sharon balances validation with practical strategies so people can move forward in daily life. Sharon holds LMHC and LCMHC credentials and practices from North Carolina. She communicates in English and brings a straightforward, compassionate style to therapy.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Sharon blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make concrete changes. Client-centered work focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience so they feel respected and encouraged. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and practice small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy techniques for emotion regulation and mindfulness skills to increase present-moment awareness. DBT tools teach breathing and grounding skills, distress tolerance, and ways to handle strong feelings without acting impulsively. Mindfulness exercises help with focus, which can be useful alongside ADHD-related struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before. Together they will try methods that feel practical and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Virginia, Washington
- Languages
- English
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