About Cora
Cora Strickland is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and manage anxiety so daily life feels more manageable. She speaks plainly with clients and lays out simple steps people can try between sessions.
Cora explains how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together. She helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to test new outcomes.
Background and approach
Many sessions include short exercises, relaxation techniques, and problem-solving that can be practiced at home. Her background includes an undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. Over two decades in the field have included independent practice work and helping people cope after trauma or abuse.
She has worked with concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and addiction along with relationship and parenting stresses. Cora uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Focused Therapy in ways that are easy to follow. Sessions are straightforward and goal oriented, with attention to what the person wants to change.
She supports people who are navigating grief, career pressure, sleep and eating problems, and intimacy or self-esteem struggles. People who prefer clear steps and practical tools often find her style a good fit. She offers multiple online session formats for flexibility and will work together with each person to set realistic goals and track progress over time.
Approaches that translate well to online work
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It often uses short exercises and behavioral experiments that can be assigned between sessions to build new habits and reduce anxiety.Motivational Interviewing centers on exploring a person's reasons for change and boosting their own motivation. Sessions use guided questions and reflective listening to help someone decide on workable next steps when they feel stuck.
Trauma-Focused Therapy targets symptoms that follow traumatic events by helping people process distressing memories and learn coping skills. Practical tools and grounding strategies are commonly taught and practiced during sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. They will check in and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video suits deeper conversations and exercises that use visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is low or a quieter voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, ask quick questions, or keep momentum between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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