Sharon Hollandsworth

Experienced LCSW blending support with practical skills

LCSW North Carolina

Experience: 40 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Sharon

Sharon Hollandsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with four decades of clinical experience. She draws on a long history of agency work offering individual and group therapy, beginning her professional journey after earning a master’s degree in social work.

Background and approach

Sharon combines a client-centered stance with problem-solving and skills training to help clients identify current difficulties and clarify what they want from counseling. Her approach emphasizes assessment and collaboration, inviting clients to explore their concerns while the therapist introduces practical coping tools.

Those techniques include relaxation, focus-building, interpersonal skills, and strategies to reduce anxiety and emotional upheaval. Sharon frames therapy as an ongoing process shaped by each person’s needs, helping clients develop problem-solving skills and make deliberate choices as issues arise.

Clients can expect a consistently supportive and validating environment that balances empathy with concrete skill teaching. Sharon’s background includes work in community mental health and health centers in the Raleigh/Durham area, and she welcomes people to begin the process when they feel ready to explore change.

Using Evidence-Based Approaches in Online Therapy

Sharon commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical strategies to manage symptoms like anxiety, depression, or problematic behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, listening stance that helps clients explore their experience and clarify personal goals without judgment.

She may also incorporate Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are priorities, using structured exercises to build coping abilities. Throughout the process she approaches treatment collaboratively, helping clients evaluate which methods feel most useful and adjusting the plan according to their goals and preferences.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats can make it easier to maintain consistent treatment, practice newly learned skills between sessions, and access therapy from where clients live. The combination of evidence-based techniques and flexible delivery aims to fit therapy into everyday life while targeting the specific difficulties each person brings.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?

Sharon focuses on a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self esteem, depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, relationships, family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

What is Sharon’s therapeutic style and approach?

She practices a client-centered approach combined with problem solving and skills training, and also integrates methods from CBT, DBT, EFT, and existential therapy to tailor work to each person’s needs.

How much professional experience does she have?

Sharon brings 40 years of experience, including extensive agency work providing both individual and group therapy in community settings.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina and holds the license number NC LCSW C001209.

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

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

Which session formats are available for online work?

Sharon provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as available session formats for online therapy.

How is pricing handled for sessions?

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

What steps are required to begin working together?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuseAnger managementSelf esteem Depression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

40+ years

Licensed

North Carolina

Languages

English