Cora Strickland, LCMHC

Cora Strickland is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina. She has worked in private practice for many years and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Cora draws on clear, practical methods to help clients make daily life feel more manageable.

She explains how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses that to guide change. Her work often includes cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, and relaxation techniques. Cora also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and to build on each person’s own strengths.

Cora earned an undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. She brings about two decades of experience in clinical settings and private practice. That experience includes work with mood disorders, PTSD, addictions, and the challenges of parenting and career stress.

In sessions she tends to be direct and practical. Clients can expect to look at unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. She also offers exercises to reduce physical tension and improve sleep and daily routines.

People seeking help for relationship strain, self-esteem concerns, grief, or life transitions will find an approach that pairs discussion with concrete steps. The goal is to make symptoms easier to cope with and to grow tools that fit everyday life.

How core approaches guide online work

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily routines. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and challenges with focus or motivation.

Motivational interviewing is a conversational approach that helps people find their own reasons to change. It is often used when someone feels stuck or ambivalent about steps like reducing substance use or improving health habits.

Trauma-focused therapy centers on gentle, structured ways to reduce the hold of traumatic memories and teach coping skills for triggers. It aims to help people feel more in control of reactions and daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to match methods to goals, preferences, and needs, and may combine elements over time as progress is reviewed.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and have shorter check-ins on a busy day. Some formats also reduce bandwidth needs or let people choose whether to be on camera, which helps sessions fit different routines and comfort levels.