- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Client-Centered care
- Skills training
About Sharon
Sharon Hollandsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 40 years of clinical experience. She has spent decades providing individual and group care in community mental health and health center settings. Her practice focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes.
Sharon begins by assessing what a person is finding difficult and what they want from counseling. She uses a client-centered style that emphasizes listening and working alongside clients to identify goals. From there she adds practical skills training to help manage symptoms and respond to challenges.
Those skills include focus and relaxation techniques, interpersonal skills, and problem-solving strategies. Sharon also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy methods to build coping tools and reduce distress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is part of her stated approach for addressing emotion and attachment-related patterns.
Her background began with a music degree and shifted to psychology and a Master of Social Work in Treatment from the University of Tennessee. She spent many years in Raleigh-Durham community mental health settings supporting adults in both individual and group formats.
Sessions are described as collaborative and paced to the client, with assessment and skill-building continuing throughout care. Prospective clients who want to start are invited to follow the site's scheduling steps to arrange an initial meeting.
How Sharon integrates therapeutic approaches online
Sharon works with Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name emotions and patterns that affect relationships and attachment. EFT focuses on emotions and how they shape interactions, which can help with intimacy-related concerns and recurring interpersonal cycles.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening and collaborating with the person to set goals and guide sessions at a comfortable pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to teach concrete coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharon will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods over time. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, skill training, or thought-behavior strategies.
Confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography does not specify them here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Talk-based sessions also let the therapist introduce practice exercises and skills training that can be done between meetings to reinforce progress.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Sharon works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What therapeutic style does she use?
She uses a client-centered approach and incorporates skills training. Her stated approaches include Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Existential Therapy.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 40 years of clinical experience, including extensive work in community mental health centers and community health centers in the Raleigh-Durham area.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in North Carolina and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Please review the site's payment details for exact pricing.
What are the steps to start therapy?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.
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