Sharon Hollandsworth, LCSW

Sharon Hollandsworth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with four decades of experience providing individual and group therapy for adults. She emphasizes a client-centered style that combines empathic listening with practical problem-solving and skills training to help clients manage stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, mood concerns, and a range of other life challenges.

Her approach begins with a collaborative assessment that explores what a person is experiencing and what they want from counseling, and that exploration continues throughout the work together. She provides a consistently supportive and validating environment while introducing concrete skills to strengthen focus, promote relaxation, improve interpersonal functioning, and reduce anxiety and emotional upheaval. Problem-solving strategies and action plans are integrated as needed to help clients make choices and move forward.

Hollandsworth trained first in music as a guitarist, then studied psychology before earning a Master in Social Work Treatment from the University of Tennessee. Her professional background includes extensive roles in community mental health centers and community health centers serving the Raleigh and Durham areas of North Carolina. For immediate crisis assistance she recommends calling 911 for local emergency services or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) to speak with someone right away.