Therapist profile
Demetria Powell-Harrison, LCSW
LCSW - Family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- CBT and mindfulness
About Demetria
Demetria Powell-Harrison is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting, and related areas including career challenges and ADHD.
She works with adults who are carrying heavy responsibilities at home. Sessions often begin with clear goals and practical steps. She uses straightforward conversation, active listening, and exercises you can try between meetings.
Her background includes long-term work with people facing childhood trauma and the ways those experiences shape adult choices. She also supports people managing major life changes, caregiving burdens, chronic illness, and blended family dynamics. She helps unpack how past patterns affect current relationships and decisions.
Demetria blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Client-Centered and Solution-Focused methods. That means she helps you spot thinking or behavior patterns, talks through what matters most to you, and tries small changes that can make daily life easier. Motivational Interviewing and mindfulness techniques are used when they fit the goal.
Her style is direct and interactive. Expect practical tools, focused conversation, and respect for your experience. Sessions emphasize what you can try between meetings to reduce stress, improve communication, and handle parenting pressures.
She conducts work in English from North Carolina and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients follow the site's matching steps and schedule a first session.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Demetria commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered approaches in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce stress and anxiety. Client-Centered work centers on listening closely to what matters to the client and shaping sessions around their priorities rather than a fixed agenda.She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help with emotional regulation and Motivational Interviewing to support people who are weighing change. Mindfulness offers brief practices to calm attention, and Motivational Interviewing helps clarify reasons for change and build motivation in manageable steps.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. She will work together with the client to decide which approaches fit the person's goals, pace, and preferences. That collaborative decision may change as progress is made.
The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions around caregiving or work, avoid travel time, or choose shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Demetria aims to help clients apply practical tools in everyday life, whether sessions are scheduled for a full meeting or a shorter follow-up.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she address?
She addresses stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related focus areas listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a direct, interactive way that emphasizes goal-setting and practical steps. Techniques include active listening, solution-focused conversation, and skills to practice between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and longer experience working with individuals toward their goals.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and provides services from that location.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
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