Sherry Friedman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina with twelve years of clinical experience.
01About Sherry
Sherry Friedman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina with twelve years of clinical experience. She writes and draws on personal insight to help people understand sensitivity, mood differences, and chronic stress. Her approach is warm and interactive and aims to help clients build healthier boundaries and practical habits.
Sherry describes counseling as a collaborative process. She listens closely and uses a mix of approaches to meet each person where they are.
Background and approach
Sessions often include reflective talk, mindfulness skills, and strategies for managing intense feelings and overwhelm. Her background includes training in school psychology and gifted education alongside clinical counseling studies. That range helps her notice learning styles, sensory sensitivity, and how life roles affect mood and relationships.
She also brings work around career concerns, identity, and life purpose into sessions. Sherry uses attachment-focused ideas to clarify relationship patterns and Emotionally-Focused techniques to strengthen emotional expression. She also draws on dialectical behavior skills for emotion regulation and Jungian ideas for meaning and self-discovery.
These tools are offered in straightforward language and practical steps. People who come to her often want help with anxiety, trauma, parenting stress, grief, mood disorders, ADHD, and career or life transitions. She supports clients in finding clearer priorities, steadier mood management, and a stronger sense of direction.
The first meetings focus on identifying goals and simple skills to try between sessions.
02Credentials
- LCMHC (North Carolina)
- License 12786 · expires June 2027
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 9015 · expires August 2027
- LMHC (Rhode Island)
- License MHC01614 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1730627068 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sherry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Methods Sherry names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Sherry names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How online approaches like attachment work in remote sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early relationship patterns shape current connections. Online sessions use conversation and reflection to identify those patterns and build new ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people increase emotional awareness and express needs more clearly during conversations, which is useful for managing strong feelings and improving relationships. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills like distress tolerance and emotion regulation that people can practice between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and personal preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers a range of ways to connect. Video calls let therapists and clients use visual cues for relational work and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for people who prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into a busy schedule and to continue work while navigating life changes.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, grief, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, ADHD, and related issues like self-esteem and career stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive with close listening. Sessions mix reflective conversation, mindfulness practice, and hands-on coping strategies.
What is her clinical background?
She has twelve years of experience and education in school psychology, gifted education, and clinical counseling. She also authored a book about sensitivity and therapeutic practice.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds licenses as a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with credential listings that include South Carolina and North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible appointment styles.
How are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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