About
- CBT techniques
- Motivational interviewing
- Trauma-focused work
About Cora
Cora Strickland is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with about 20 years of experience. She works with adults on common concerns around stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and parenting strain. She also supports people facing relationship tension, grief, anger, addictions, and challenges with sleep or eating.
Cora explains how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) tools to look at thinking patterns and try different behaviors. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find reasons to change and keep moving forward.
In sessions she might help someone identify cognitive distortions and then practice different responses. She offers behavioral activation and relaxation exercises to reduce overwhelm. Acceptance-based exercises are used when people need different ways to relate to difficult feelings.
She has an undergraduate degree from East Carolina University and a master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. Her background includes long-term private practice work in Burlington, North Carolina.
People come to her for help with parenting stresses and family-related concerns, as well as for support with attention issues, bipolar-related struggles, and coping with life transitions. She communicates in English and accepts international clients. To start, readers should confirm current session options before booking.
How sessions work
How these approaches translate to online work
Many of the techniques Cora uses adapt well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thoughts, testing them, and trying new behaviors. Online sessions can include homework, thought records, and short behavioral experiments between meetings to check what changes.Motivational Interviewing is a conversational, goal-focused method that helps people find their own reasons to change. In video or phone sessions this looks like exploring values, weighing pros and cons, and building small, realistic steps toward a chosen goal.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit personal goals, daily routines, and comfort with exercises. That choice can shift over time as needs change.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find remote sessions help fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it easier to use written exercises or screen-sharing for worksheets. Licensed professionals can adapt the pacing and tools so sessions fit into everyday life without requiring long travel or schedule changes.
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Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, relationship tension, grief, anger, eating and sleeping problems, addictions, ADHD, bipolar issues, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing with practical exercises such as cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation, relaxation, and acceptance practices.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 20 years of experience working in mental health, including long-term private practice in Burlington, North Carolina.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCMHC (licensed clinical mental health counselor) in North Carolina and has practiced from Burlington, NC.
Can she work with people outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.