About Sharonda
Sharonda Ocean welcomes people who are feeling stuck, anxious, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. She introduces herself plainly and listens first. Conversations focus on what matters to the person sitting across from her and on practical steps to feel steadier day to day.
Sharonda is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, working in North Carolina and bringing eight years of direct clinical experience. She uses straightforward talk and steady support to help people name their struggles and try small changes that can make a difference.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build self-awareness, coping skills, and more confidence in handling life’s ups and downs. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, anger, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, communication and control problems, domestic violence, grief from separation, family of origin struggles, dissociation, and coping after disasters.
Therapy blends several practical approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test different actions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy brings steady skills for emotion regulation and crisis support.
Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods focus on building trust and putting the person’s goals at the center of the work. Sharonda aims to make the pace and focus collaborative. She helps people pick tools that fit their life and moves at a rhythm that feels doable.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and stronger skills for everyday problems. To begin, a short matching questionnaire pairs people with a therapist and then sessions are scheduled according to availability. Sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, based on what works best for scheduling and comfort.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting swept away by them and then choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that feed distress and testing new behaviors to change what doesn’t work. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and mood swings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and handling crises with less reactivity.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest approaches that match your needs. Decisions about focus and pacing are collaborative, and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy with video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps rapport. Phone sessions can fit during a busy day and require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, reminders, or when a shorter touchpoint is needed. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- 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
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English