Meredith Hinson

Hopeful, practical therapy grounded in experience

LCSW North Carolina

Experience: 7 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Meredith

Meredith Hinson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, mood concerns, relationship strain, grief, and related life challenges. She emphasizes understanding how past experiences shape thoughts, feelings, and behaviors so clients can make sustainable changes.

Background and approach

Her work also addresses intimacy and eating concerns, anger and self-esteem struggles, career and life transitions, and compassion fatigue. Drawing on seven years of experience across community, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings, she brings a broad clinical background to outpatient care.

Meredith blends client-centered listening with structured tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and skills from dialectical behavior therapy, plus mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques to support practical problem solving and emotional regulation. Meredith aims to offer a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where trust and perspective-taking guide therapy.

She uses a social work lens to consider how a person’s environment influences change and works collaboratively to build on individual strengths for meaningful progress.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Meredith often blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered principles and dialectical behavior therapy skills in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing and testing unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance that prioritizes the client’s goals and experience to support insight and self-direction. Dialectical behavior therapy contributes concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for people struggling with intense emotions or relationship patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Meredith works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailors a combination of strategies to fit those needs rather than applying a single method rigidly.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to work around schedules and geographic constraints. These options can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between meetings, and access support in ways that fit daily life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Meredith commonly address?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, bipolar and depressive symptoms, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy and eating-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach combines empathetic, client-centered listening with structured, skills-based methods to help clients understand patterns and develop practical strategies for change.

What training and experience does she bring?

She has seven years of clinical experience in community, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient settings, with training in dialectical behavior therapy and holistic approaches.

What credentials and location are on record?

She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina with license number NC LCSW C011806 and practices from a North Carolina location.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English only and she is not currently accepting international clients.

Which session formats are available?

Clients can schedule video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging as session formats.

How are fees and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Addictions Trauma and abuseBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDissociationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shame ImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disorders Panic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobias Post-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English