Sharon Hollandsworth, LCSW

Licensed in North Carolina · 40 years in practice

Sharon Hollandsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings four decades of experience to sessions.

License and registration

LCSW, North Carolina: C001209 · expires January 2028
NPI: 1962546135 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 40
Languages: English

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About Sharon

Sharon Hollandsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings four decades of experience to sessions. She focuses on creating a calm, validating space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, trauma, relationships, mood problems, and other life challenges. Sharon starts by listening to what feels hard and what a person hopes to change.

She keeps the work practical and down-to-earth. Sharon uses a client-centered approach that centers the person's own goals and choices.

Background and approach

She pairs that with skills training to build coping tools for anxiety, anger, and emotional upheaval. Those skills include relaxation, focus exercises, and interpersonal strategies. Sharon also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people reframe unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors.

Dialectical behavior strategies are offered when people need help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps when the main issue involves attachment and relationship patterns. Her background includes long work in community mental health and community health centers around Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.

She holds a Master of Social Work in Treatment from the University of Tennessee and began her academic path with music and psychology studies. In sessions, Sharon will assess concerns with the person and then create a collaborative plan. She introduces skills and problem-solving steps and reviews progress as therapy continues.

The emphasis is on practical tools and steady support while people make choices about next steps.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sharon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Anger management
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes

Approaches Sharon names

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Online support

How Sharon's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Sharon practices client-centered therapy, which means she focuses on what each person wants to work on and follows their lead while offering support. This approach helps people clarify goals and make changes at their own pace.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with stressful situations. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Sharon will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. Plans are adjusted as progress is made and new challenges arise.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Sharon help address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grieving, eating and sleeping problems, parenting and career challenges, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

What is Sharon's general approach in sessions?

Her style is client-centered and practical. She listens first, then uses skills training and problem-solving to help people manage emotions and make plans.

How much experience does she have?

Sharon has 40 years of experience working in community mental health and related settings, mostly in the Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina area.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in North Carolina and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

In what formats are sessions available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How does cost and billing work?

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