Sharonda Ocean

Sharonda Ocean is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, anger, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and difficult life changes. She frames therapy around self-discovery and building self-love so clients can rely on their own strengths. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at people who want practical tools and steady support.

Sharonda uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She asks questions, listens, and offers concrete skills to manage intense emotions and improve day-to-day functioning. Sessions focus on small, usable changes rather than abstract theory.

With eight years as an LCSW practicing clinically in North Carolina, she draws on a range of settings and populations from previous roles. Her background includes helping people process trauma and abuse, cope with compassion fatigue, and sort through family of origin issues. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, domestic violence, and related areas.

Sharonda emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients set clear goals and tracks progress with simple, achievable steps. For people dealing with relationship stress, commitment worries, or control and communication problems, she blends skill teaching with space to reflect on patterns.

The therapist encourages anyone ready to start to use the site's Start Therapy flow to match and schedule. She provides therapy in English and does not accept international clients.

How her approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take steps that match those values even when feelings are intense. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and navigating life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through practical exercises and homework. CBT can be helpful for depression, anxiety, anger, and mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and supports learning new ways to relate and feel safe in connections.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and daily life. That may mean trying one approach at first and adding tools from another as progress is made.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as this profile does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports using real-world examples from daily life during sessions, so skills can be practiced between meetings and reviewed together.