- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Cora
Cora Strickland is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take to reduce stress and improve day-to-day functioning. Cora works with adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and trauma-related difficulties.
She explains how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, then helps people try small changes to test what works. Common tools she uses include cognitive restructuring to shift unhelpful thoughts and behavioral activation to increase positive routines.
Background and approach
She also uses motivational interviewing techniques to support commitment to change. Cora trained at East Carolina University for her undergraduate degree and earned a master’s from North Carolina Central University. Her background includes long-term independent practice work in Burlington, North Carolina.
That practical experience informs how she structures sessions and follow-up work. Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-focused. Expect to talk about concrete steps, practice skills between sessions, and review what helped or didn’t.
She offers approaches for sleep, eating concerns, anger, addictions, and coping with life transitions. Parents seeking help with the strain of raising children will find a clinician who addresses parenting questions as part of a wider treatment plan. Cora also supports people facing relationship stresses, grief, bipolar symptoms, and challenges related to ADHD.
International clients may be seen in English via online formats.
What Cora works with
Everything Cora lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cora helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
Approaches Cora lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based tools translate to online work
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, eating patterns, and parenting strategies by giving concrete steps to try between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change. It is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about taking action, and it pairs well with CBT homework tasks. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cora will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try approaches that match those needs. She adapts techniques if something isn’t helping and uses short experiments to see what fits. Online formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill coaching and demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option when video isn’t possible. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when a shorter touchpoint is needed during a busy day. These options let people fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules and keep momentum between in-person visits or during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same core techniques, adapted to each person’s routine.Questions people ask about Cora
What kinds of concerns does Cora help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating or sleeping problems, parenting concerns, self esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her approach in sessions?
Her style is practical and goal-focused. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people change thoughts and behaviors and build manageable routines.
How much experience does she have?
Cora has 20 years of experience working in mental health, including many years in independent practice in North Carolina.
What credential and region does she practice in?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, practicing in North Carolina.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule appointments according to therapist availability.
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