Wanda Briggs , LCMHC

Wanda Briggs is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with two decades of experience supporting people through major life challenges. She approaches counseling with empathy and a holistic, person-centered perspective that considers mind, body, and spirit while tailoring care to each individual’s unique experience.

Briggs works collaboratively with clients to navigate grief and loss, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her work includes focused attention on caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, communication difficulties, feelings of guilt or shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. She emphasizes a nonjudgmental therapeutic partnership that encourages authenticity and practical problem solving.

Integrating evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and integrative therapy, Briggs helps clients build insight, develop coping skills, and shift unhelpful patterns. Together she and the client set goals, explore practical strategies, and translate insights into actionable steps that promote growth and resilience.

Briggs regards the client as the expert on their own life and aims to empower people to rediscover confidence, choice, and personal responsibility. She has observed that many clients begin to see meaningful change within several sessions when they engage actively in the therapeutic process.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Wanda Briggs draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors - an approach that can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress-related difficulties. She also uses integrative therapy, blending approaches to address emotional, relational, and physical aspects of distress and to tailor care to what matters most to the individual.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Briggs works with clients to assess needs, try strategies, and adjust the plan as goals and preferences emerge, ensuring therapy aligns with each person’s values and circumstances.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, manage mobility or health challenges, and connect from different locations. These options offer flexibility in scheduling and communication style while allowing licensed professionals to deliver consistent therapeutic support and continuity of care.