Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Sharonda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sharonda
Sharonda Ocean is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage intense feelings and life changes. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, anger, bipolar symptoms, and self-esteem. Her approach aims to make day-to-day life feel more manageable and purposeful.
She uses practical talk and skills rather than long theory lectures. Sessions often include grounding techniques, emotion regulation skills, and steps to change unhelpful thinking. Sharonda encourages clients to notice their values and small actions that match those values.
Background and approach
With eight years as an LCSW in North Carolina, she draws on varied clinical approaches to match each person’s needs. That mix of methods helps when someone is dealing with trauma, relationship problems, or the fallout of family-of-origin issues. She also supports people facing burnout and compassion fatigue.
Sharonda works collaboratively. She treats each person as the expert on their life and helps them build on existing strengths. Therapy can include short-term skill building or longer work on patterns that repeat across relationships and moods.
Sessions are offered in English and are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. The service uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies with location and therapist availability.
What Sharonda works with
Everything Sharonda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sharonda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sharonda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values, often through simple exercises and behavioral experiments. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape patterns today and helps people notice and change those patterns in current relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Sharonda will talk with each client about goals and preferences and suggest methods that match those aims. That collaborative process can include trying a few strategies and adjusting based on what feels most useful.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and emotional check-ins. Phone sessions use less data and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins, journaling-style exchanges, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options aim to make it simpler to get consistent help when life is busy.
Questions people ask about Sharonda
What concerns does Sharonda help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, anger, bipolar symptoms, and self-esteem issues, plus related relationship and trauma concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions focus on practical skills, emotion regulation, and noticing values. The style is collaborative and grounded in everyday language.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, practicing in North Carolina.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and practices with clients in that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does the cost and subscription work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.