- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Client-centered methods
- CBT and DBT skills
About Sherrita
Sherrita Ried is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with six years of counseling experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting concerns, and challenges related to identity and LGBT concerns. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that cause pain and on developing practical coping skills for everyday life.
Her approach blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) with client-centered principles and cognitive behavioral strategies. She uses mindful techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy when helpful. Conversations are straightforward and focused on clarifying emotions, improving communication, and reducing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Ried draws on prior healthcare experience to notice how emotional needs show up in daily routines. She aims to help people name difficult feelings and try new ways of responding. Work may include skill-building for stress, safety planning around trauma triggers, or steps to repair relationship patterns.
She also addresses more specific concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, chronic illness and caregiver stress, kink and alternative sexual culture topics, and workplace or career strain. Ried recognizes how multiple difficulties can interact and aims to help clients handle overlapping stressors.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow the state credential standards for an NC LCMHC. People are invited to consider what they want to change, try concrete tools between sessions, and review progress as work continues.
How her approaches translate to online work
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and track the feelings that shape relationship patterns. It focuses on recognizing emotions and changing interaction cycles that keep problems repeating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening without judgement and following the client’s lead to identify what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they will try approaches, check what helps, and adjust the focus as work progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats for this therapist, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or avoiding the need to appear on camera when that helps someone engage. Licensed professionals can adapt EFT, client-centered work, and CBT techniques for virtual meetings so practical skills and emotion-focused work can continue outside the office.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, and LGBT-related concerns among others.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral strategies, using mindfulness and DBT skills when appropriate.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of counseling experience as an LCMHC and prior work in nursing that informs her approach to emotional care.
What is her credential and where does she practice?
She is an LCMHC holding North Carolina credentialing and practices in North Carolina.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.