About Cora
Cora Strickland is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with two decades of experience. She describes herself as a practical therapist who helps people sort out daily problems and overwhelming feelings. Her style is straightforward and goal-focused.
She explains connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions in clear language. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed work to help people make concrete changes. That can mean learning to notice unhelpful thoughts, trying small behavior shifts, or using brief acceptance and relaxation exercises.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build skills that can be used between meetings. Many clients consult her about anxiety, stress, depression, and trauma and abuse concerns. She also assists with issues such as ADHD, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, addictions, and challenges at work or related to identity and intimacy.
Parents who need practical strategies around parenting and family conflict find her approach direct and usable. Cora trained at East Carolina University for her undergraduate degree and earned a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. She runs a independent practice and draws on twenty years of clinical experience to adapt techniques to each person’s needs.
Her work centers on collaboration and small, achievable goals. People who want a clear plan, short-term skill building, and a therapist who explains tools plainly may find her approach helpful. She offers sessions in English and serves clients in North Carolina and internationally through online formats.
How Cora’s Approaches Work Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing thoughts and testing them with real-life actions. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and behavior patterns that get in the way of daily life. Motivational Interviewing is a conversational method that helps people find their own reasons to change. It’s useful for addictions, habit change, and building motivation for new routines.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match what you need. If something isn’t working, she will adjust the plan and try different tools together so the therapy fits your situation.
Online formats make it easier to get care around a busy life. Video calls let you have a session that feels like an in-person meeting. Phone sessions can be less demanding on bandwidth and useful for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, shorter touchpoints between full sessions, and ways to keep practicing skills between meetings.
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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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