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Sharon Woodard, LCMHC

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Sharon is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Sharon. View 61 reviews
Speaks English
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in North Carolina and Virginia

Recent reviews

Sharon is wonderful and very empathetic. I feel lucky to have her insight and guidance.

Reviewed September 2023

I started with severe depression that plagued me for years. With her guidance and hard work, I'm now able to have a new and rewarding life. Sharon's worked with me tirelessly. Focused on bringing about the most change. She was able to keep me from a depressive tailspin when I was at my wits end. When I found her; she saved my sanity, and gave me hope for a new life without depression.

Reviewed March 2023

More about Sharon

  • 10 years' experience
  • Female
  • LCMHC, LPC

Life transitions and traumatic experiences can cause emotional and mental distress. Having someone to guide you in processing your thoughts will improve your overall well-being and make you feel less alone in your struggles. I am a licensed clinical mental health counselor who will provide you with a welcoming space where you can share your most intimate issues. Together, let us develop healthy coping mechanisms that will help you move passed or better deal with your intricate life concerns.

I am a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in the state of North Carolina, with ten years of experience, and I am pleased to offer my counseling services to you. I have counseled numerous individuals who struggled with different types of distress. I’ve counseled individuals who have had severe traumatic experiences as well as provided therapy for individuals who struggle with difficult transitions. This experience has provided me with the opportunity to aid individuals in resolving intricate life situations.

My theoretical orientation heavily emphasizes present-focused, mindful, and person-centered approaches, including both cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT). My therapy style concentrates on the human potential for growth with an emphasis on freedom, meaning, self-determination, choice, and responsibility.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression Relationship issues Family conflicts Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Anger management Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD Control issues Mood disorders Personality disorders Post-traumatic stress Sexual assault and abuse Women's issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Sharon Woodard's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1396009163.

  • LCMHC · North Carolina · 8631 · Expires June 2026
  • LPC · Virginia · 0701012064 · Expires June 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Sharon Woodard

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

61 reviews

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Sharon is wonderful and very empathetic. I feel lucky to have her insight and guidance.

Reviewed September 2023

I started with severe depression that plagued me for years. With her guidance and hard work, I'm now able to have a new and rewarding life. Sharon's worked with me tirelessly. Focused on bringing about the most change. She was able to keep me from a depressive tailspin when I was at my wits end. When I found her; she saved my sanity, and gave me hope for a new life without depression.

Reviewed March 2023

Sharon is absolutely amazing. I am so grateful for her guidance and wisdom.

Reviewed February 2023

Sharon is wonderful and has been incredibly helpful. I feel very lucky to have her as a therapist.

Reviewed November 2022

Sharon has helped me to recover from traumas suffered throughout my life - some that I didn’t even think were traumas. She has helped me recognize my inner child traumas and has helped me heal so I can be my best self.

Reviewed August 2022

Sharon is wonderful. She's very patient but also holds me accountable to my goals. Her approach is very practical and has helped me.

Reviewed May 2022

Sharon is the best you can ask for. She mentored/advised me when I was at a dark place, that I thought I would never get to. She always kept the main thing the main thing but did it in her way and helped get me back on track in life. She always checked on me, always gave me great advice, always sent me diff worksheets to do to help me with my anxiety. She became like family almost in a great way she was on the journey with me throughout my time here through the good times and bad times. Sharon will always be in my heart for the impact she’s had in my life.

Reviewed May 2022

Very understanding, compassionate, genuine.

Reviewed March 2022

Sharon is great

Reviewed March 2022

Working with Sharon has been absolutely amazing. From the start Sharon has really worked at getting to know me and I always felt completely excepted from her. For me my spiritual life is so important and she incorporated that into all of her sessions. I’ve graduated from therapy now but it is so comforting to know that if I need her I can come back to this app and get to talk to my same therapist. I’ve even been on Facebook and highly recommended this app to others. That is solely due to the care that I’ve gotten from Sharon.

Reviewed December 2021

Sharon is a jewel of a therapist. She is skilled at her trade and is genuinely gifted in her area of expertise as well as highly educated. I will and have referred her as an excellent councilor. I'm very thankful for her help in navigating my "stuff" as she keeps me focused and moving forward.

Reviewed December 2021

Sharon has been so helpful to me! She makes me feel loved, appreciated and valued as a person! She understands what my needs are and works very hard with me to achieve them. I have come so far in my journey and most of it is because of her guidance :-)

Reviewed November 2021

You are a life line.

Reviewed November 2021

Sharon is thoughtful and professional. She helps me be more aware of my mood and provides wonderful coping strategies.

Reviewed November 2021

Sharon is an exceptional therapist who is understanding and an expertise. Therapy with Sharon has provided tangible improvements to my life using the tools she has provided and taught.

Reviewed September 2021

Sharon is a great listener and super helpful in helping me process things.

Reviewed September 2021

Great support, I can definitely tell she listens. It feels good to be heard and she offers me the advice and suggestions that I need. I can already tell a difference in my mood and how I am coping after just a few weeks and I think I owe it in large part to Sharon.

Reviewed August 2021

In the short time we have worked together, Sharon has understood exactly where I am coming from and what my needs are, that's a first with anyone I have worked with previously. A refreshing change to feel more confident in sharing with her and knowing I will get a response I can use.

Reviewed August 2021

Sharon has helped me through a lot and has given me the right tools to be a better version of me. She has a very calming presence and is so easy to talk to you. She listens to my concerns and will bring them up in later conversation, so you know she is listening and really cares about you. She truly helped me get out of a very dark place and I feel like a whole new person. I would highly recommend her!

Reviewed July 2021

Sharon has been so helpful to me. I have been through a lot in my life and she is helping me work through everything so I can lead a relatively normal life. She does not make me feel guilty; she also does not judge when I backslide a bit. I would seriously recommend her :-)

Reviewed July 2021

I’ve been on a journey of mental and emotional healing with Sharon for almost a year now and I see the change in my mindset and emotional state. It is very easy to talk with her. I genuinely feel she cares about my well being and the work she does. I feel blessed to walk through the intimate details of my life with her patience and encouragement in the process.

Reviewed June 2021

Incredible insight and sensitivity. She senses and and is incredibly intuitive. She provides empathy while incorporating medical knowledge and intuition . Compassion is given with truth, honesty and guidance for healing and growth. A perfect balance of compassionate care, incredible insight while providing amazing knowledge and instruction for recovery.

Reviewed May 2021

Sharon has already provided tangible ways to help with anxiety immediately and has been understanding and useful.

Reviewed May 2021

At a time of crisis, Sharon Woodard was present, active and authentic in listening and responding to my circumstance. She is attentive and initiates contact, while also providing trust and the tools needed to aid healing on your own personal time. An important contact for sanity in Spring 2020.

Reviewed April 2021

Sharon is the perfect fit for me as a counselor. I had been with someone else locally last year and the difference is like night and day. Sharon tries to help me help myself without judgement. She sympathizes with what I am going through and understands that my transitions, though necessary, are not easy. I feel so blessed to have her in my corner.

Reviewed April 2021

Sharon is very insightful. Gentle , direct, challenging and validating.

Reviewed March 2021

I would like to thank Sharon for what she has done. She has helped me to put my life together. I was in a dark place. But, using the tools that she has provided me has helped pull things together again. I cannot thank her enough for her patience and listening ear.

Reviewed March 2021

Mrs. Woodard is very kind, compassionate and helpful. Ive seen a good amount of counselors. I would easily Rank Karen as one or the best ive had ever. Im very confident that she will help you as she has helped me.

Reviewed January 2021

Sharon is incredible! She is resilient in partnering with you to help you navigate the struggles you may have while very professionally holding you accountable for putting in the work in bettering yourself. Sharon has a wonderful way of putting you at ease and making you feel comfortable no matter the situation.

Reviewed January 2021

Sharon Woodard is incredible. When I first began working with her a few months ago I was at my lowest. Her caring energy, listening ear, thoughtful responses, and attention to detail helped nurse me out of my dark corner. Sharon helped me realize I can get through my pain and suffering. Her timely responses to my messages and journal entries made me feel understood and cared for. She utilizes resources like worksheets and information to encourage healthy coping mechanisms. She helped me understand what I was going through. Sharon is truly a rare treasure. She is the most kind, patient, and professional counselor I have had the pleasure of working with. I just want to say, thank you for everything Sharon. My life has so much more meaning these days because of your endless encouragement, support, and guidance ❤️

Reviewed December 2020

She is angel to me. She is able to provide love and light to help me rationalize my life.

Reviewed December 2020

Sharon has been a great counselor for me, she’s been very patient and understanding for me and has looked out for me when I needed it. I’m still learning each day from her but I’ve enjoyed her expertise and her care for me as a client of hers.

Reviewed November 2020

I have learned so much working with Sharon. She has taught me a lot about why the narcissistic person in my life behaves & speaks the way he does. This helps me in my responding to him when our paths cross. I feel equipped to better deal with him going forward. I am truly grateful I had Sharon’s guidance & insight during the hardest parts of my recovery.

Reviewed November 2020

Very pleased with Sharon.

Reviewed November 2020

Sharon was amazing! I started speaking with her during a really rough time in my life and even though we only talked for a few short months she made such a positive impact on my life. She helped me through things I had been struggling with for so long and really made me feel comfortable and safe and positive! I would recommend her to anyone! Sharon is the BOMB

Reviewed November 2020

Sharon is wonderful. I feel heard and supported and am very grateful for her expertise in navigating life’s tricky moments.

Reviewed November 2020

My sessions with her have been so helpful. She is a great listener and provides clarity and encouragement when I need it. I have been able to unload some major emotional burdens in our sessions and I can tell the difference in my life.

Reviewed September 2020

Sharon Woodard was an incredible help. She worked with me through some very difficult times in my life and we would have continued if I had been able to keep paying for BetterHelp. Sharon was kind, thoughtful, a good listener, and she gave me much needed advice. I appreciated that she gave me a direction to go rather than waiting for me to figure it out. I really valued our time together and I'm glad we were matched.

Reviewed August 2020

I wish everyone had a Sharon. The world would be a better place.

Reviewed August 2020

I had to stop my therapy. I thought I could handle it on my own. After 2 months im back, in worse shape then when I stopped. I love Sharon, she has helped me so much!

Reviewed August 2020

I knew from the moment I spoke to Ms. Woodard that she was a great fit for me and a calming presence in my times of need.

Reviewed July 2020

I suffer from anxiety, Sharons voice calms me. She has a soothing voice that really helps in relaxing me during our sessions. She listens, suggests, asks questions and helps me explore my feelings and thoughts on a deeper level than I have ever done. Sharon is helping me to look at myself differently and come to terms with issues in my life.

Reviewed July 2020

Sharon is an excellent counselor, listener. She has sat and listened to all of my emotions, feelings, venting’s, ramblings in a very short period of time to get caught up with everything. I highly recommend her, she has help me out a lot and giving me a peace of mind and continues to help me.

Reviewed July 2020

Sharon has been so wonderful and I really enjoy the help she gives me. I get a lot of value out of it.

Reviewed July 2020

Sharon has been counseling me for a little while now and it's amazing to see the progress I've made since I first started. I came to her struggling after a breakup and having her to go to with hard emotions helped me have a safe outlet to heal. She's helped me regain my confidence and move on from the breakup.

Reviewed July 2020

Sharon is amazing at what she does. She listens well and helps me see things in a different perspective, which allows a lot of things to click for me. She is really genuine, caring and a pleasure to have as my counselor.

Reviewed June 2020

I’ve been in therapy a few times in my life and never felt like I was listened to that I was being helped and in just one session Sharon has already made me feel I’m in a safe place being listened to and given things to do to help me cope and understand things.. and for me that is everything!

Reviewed June 2020

Just in the last few weeks that i have been talking with Sharon i feel that she is very compassionate and understanding. She listens and addresses my needs and what is bothering me and we talk through it. She wants to get to know me so she can help me achieve what i am looking for in a counselor. She is great and i am thankful that i Betterhelp set me up with her!

Reviewed June 2020

Sharon Woodard is an awesome counselor. She is helping me meet my therapy goals and is patient and understanding.

Reviewed May 2020

Sharon is awesome counsel. Who is patient and willing to walk along with you to meet your goals.

Reviewed May 2020

Sharon is very patient and does her best to understand you struggles. She's great at helping you understand yourself so you are able to set realistic goals. It took me awhile to trust the process for my own reasons, but Sharon was patient and encouraged me to be open and patient with myself to combat the very things that bought me here. I'm grateful and hopeful that I will be a better version of myself.

Reviewed May 2020

My counselor listens to me and provides strategies to help aid in the areas that I need help in. She keeps communication with me, which I appreciate. Sometimes I send messages to her beyond midnight and she is responsive when needed.

Reviewed May 2020

My first few weeks with Sharon have been very helpful and insightful. Sharon has shown me great care and respect and I really enjoyed my session(s) with her thus far. I highly recommend her to others who would be interested in online counseling.

Reviewed May 2020

Sharon Woodard is receptive, highly intuitive and proactive when it comes to meeting my needs, and helping me work towards the goals I have. She is not full of fluff that I have encountered in counseling before, she has research-backed suggestions and tools to help you help yourself. If you are serious about getting to the heart of your concerns, I would without a doubt suggest Sharon.

Reviewed May 2020

Sharon is great! I feel comfortable talking to her about my issues & from the very beginning I feel progress and things have been brought to the surface that help me better understand myself!

Reviewed April 2020

Sharron Woodard is an amazing therapist. She is very intuitive to your needs and she is great at making connections. Sharron is kind and open and honest. I have loved working with her.

Reviewed April 2020

I love Sharon, she has helped me so much in just a short time. I don't think I could get through this valley I'm going through without her care and support!

Reviewed April 2020

She is caring, kind and respectful.

Reviewed March 2020

I am so thankful I found Sharon! I have been to several counselors in the past that I never truly felt like would be able to help. I can discuss whatever I need and not feel judged. I am truly grateful.

Reviewed March 2020

Sharon has been incredible! She is understanding and extremely supportive while also encouraging growth! I highly recommend her! She is very responsive and helpful!

Reviewed March 2020

Sharon is great she gives me great advice and makes me feel comfortable telling my struggles with her

Reviewed March 2020

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Frequently asked questions

Does Sharon Woodard offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Sharon Woodard works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Sharon Woodard speak?

Sharon Woodard speaks English.

How many years of experience does Sharon Woodard have?

Sharon Woodard has 10 years of experience.

Where is Sharon Woodard licensed to practice?

Sharon Woodard is licensed to practice in North Carolina and Virginia.

Does Sharon Woodard accept clients outside of the United States?

No, Sharon Woodard does not accept clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Sharon Woodard offer?

Sharon Woodard offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Sharon Woodard?

Sharon Woodard can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Sharon Woodard?

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