- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Corey
Corey Pitts is a licensed counselor who practices in North Carolina. He holds the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential and the Licensed Professional Counselor credential and brings 13 years of experience to his work. He focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting concerns, and related struggles.
Corey uses an empathetic, client-centered stance. Sessions often begin with clear goals and honest conversation about what is working and what is not.
Background and approach
He teaches simple skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and coping with life changes. Many clients seek help for relationship problems, intimacy issues, or recurring patterns tied to attachment and abandonment. He also supports people navigating mood and personality challenges, career stress, caregiver strain, and the emotional impact of illness or loss.
His approach blends practical strategies with attention to personal meaning. Corey draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. He also weaves in dialectical behavior ideas to build emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
Jungian and existential influences help clients reflect on values, purpose, and deeper life questions when that fits the work. Sessions are paced to fit each person. Corey aims to make therapy useful from the first meetings while also creating room for longer-term healing.
He works in a straightforward, respectful manner to help people regain balance and reach clearer decisions about their lives.
What Corey works with
Everything Corey lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Corey helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Corey lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Corey’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Corey uses client-centered work to keep sessions focused on each person's needs. This approach emphasizes listening, collaboration, and shaping sessions around what the person finds most helpful. It is useful for parents wanting practical support and clear goals.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and stress that can be practiced between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy elements help build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication in heated moments.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Corey will talk with each person about their goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most. The work is collaborative and goal-oriented rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people read body language and have longer conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging are useful for short check-ins, quick skill coaching, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Questions people ask about Corey
What concerns does Corey help with?
He works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting questions, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Corey takes a compassionate, client-centered approach. He balances practical skills teaching with conversations about values and personal meaning.
What level of experience does he bring?
He has 13 years of clinical experience working with varied emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and where does he practice?
Corey holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and practices in North Carolina.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.
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