Sherrita Ried, LCMHC

Sherrita Ried is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult experiences and figure out practical next steps. People often come for support with grief, parenting strain, career stress, or changes tied to service and civilian life.

Ried draws on approaches that center the client and focus on real-world tools. She uses client-centered ideas alongside cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to notice unhelpful patterns and practice new ways of coping. Her style emphasizes steady connection and direct skills rather than quick fixes.

Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree from UNC Wilmington and a Master’s in Counseling from Wake Forest University’s CACREP-accredited program. Before counseling, she worked in nursing and saw how emotional needs can go unmet, which shaped her focus on listening and practical care.

With six years as an LCMHC in North Carolina, she has supported people through trauma, loss, relationship shifts, and periods of life transition. Ried also lists experience with LGBT concerns, blended family challenges, chronic illness, and caregiver stress.

Sessions are aimed at helping people name patterns, practice coping skills, and make manageable changes. The tone in sessions is collaborative and paced to the client’s needs, with attention to both feelings and tangible strategies.

How this therapist uses proven approaches online

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to set the pace for change.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills to shift unhelpful thinking and coping behaviors.

Finding the right approach is often collaborative. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, what has helped before, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust as work progresses.

If you prefer online therapy, confirm the session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists can still teach CBT or mindfulness skills and use emotionally focused techniques effectively in remote sessions, adapting exercises to what works for each person.