Sherrita Ried, LCMHC

Sherrita Ried, LCMHC, creates a calm, direct space for people dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, stress, anxiety, trauma, and depression. She emphasizes being seen and heard, and she aims to help clients find practical steps toward feeling more connected and resilient. Sessions start by listening to what matters most to the client and then building from there.

Ried’s background includes a Bachelor’s degree from UNC Wilmington and a Master’s in Counseling from Wake Forest University. Before counseling, she worked in nursing and saw how physical illness and emotional pain often overlap. That experience influences how she addresses chronic illness, caregiver stress, and grief alongside other concerns.

Her counseling blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. She uses these methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Emotionally-focused ideas guide work on relationship and intimacy issues when helpful.

With six years of clinical experience, Ried has supported people through trauma recovery, major life transitions, and complex relational challenges. She also has experience assisting clients from LGBTQ communities and those coping with family or parenting stress.

Her style is straightforward and compassionate. Clients can expect practical skills, clear discussion of next steps, and space to move at their own pace.

Approaches that guide online work and progress

Client-centered work focuses on listening and building a respectful connection first, helping people feel understood and guiding goals from their own priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to change patterns contributing to anxiety, depression, or relationship problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and acceptance skills to reduce reactivity and support steadier emotion regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Over time those choices can change as progress is made or new challenges appear.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, shorten travel time, and offer flexible scheduling that can work around job or caregiving demands. They also allow for brief check-ins when a shorter touchpoint is helpful, and they support using worksheets and skill practices between meetings to keep progress moving.