About Sharon
Sharon Roberts-Carter is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in North Carolina. She brings 25 years of experience working across mental health and substance use concerns. Sharon focuses on practical support that helps people manage daily stressors and move toward clearer goals.
Her style is direct and warm. Sessions aim to be collaborative and grounded in the client’s strengths. She uses straightforward talk, problem-solving, and goal-setting rather than long clinical jargon.
Background and approach
Sharon combines client-centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people make change. Those methods are used to address depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, parenting strain, and issues with self-esteem and relationships.
Her approach emphasizes learning skills that can be used between sessions. That includes practical coping strategies, mindful practices, and steps to change unhelpful thinking or behavior. Sharon explains options clearly and works with each person to set realistic short-term goals.
Over a long career she has supported people through big life transitions and chronic stressors. Sharon aims to help people build resilience and find ways to manage emotions and daily demands more effectively. She invites clients who want straightforward, goal-focused therapy to begin exploring change with her.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and building on their strengths. It helps people feel heard and identifies their priorities for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and try techniques that match the client’s needs and preferences. This collaborative process can be adjusted over time as goals change or progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in several formats: video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session with face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter voice check-in fits a schedule. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or flexible support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working toward goals from different settings.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Languages
- English