Cora Strickland

Cora Strickland is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who has worked in counseling for two decades. She practices in North Carolina and has long experience helping people sort through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. Her work focuses on clear, practical steps people can use between sessions to feel more in control and more hopeful.

Clients meet a clinician who favors hands-on tools. Cora uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. These methods are used in plain language and with exercises that fit real life.

Cora draws on classroom learning from East Carolina University and a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. Over 20 years she has worked in private practice and with individuals facing trauma, grief, addiction, and relationship challenges. Her credential is LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor for North Carolina.

Sessions include practical techniques such as identifying unhelpful thought patterns, behavioral activation, relaxation practices, and acceptance exercises. She also uses motivational strategies when someone is weighing options or ready to make a change. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.

People come for help with parenting strain, career demands, intimacy and self-esteem concerns, ADHD, and bipolar-related struggles. Cora works to make sessions feel direct and usable so clients can try changes between meetings and track what helps.

How Cora’s approaches translate to online therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In practice this means learning to spot unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try different behaviors to see what changes. Motivational Interviewing focuses on conversations that draw out a person’s own reasons for change and helps build small steps toward goals. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and processing traumatic memories and responses in a paced, supportive way.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s life and adjust as needed based on what works.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, or allow for shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also lets people practice new skills in the settings where they live and work. Licensed professionals guide the process and help adapt exercises so they work well in remote sessions.