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LCMHC, LPC

Corey Pitts, LCMHC, LPC

  • Experience13 years
  • LocationNorth Carolina
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Anger
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Corey

Corey Pitts is a licensed therapist practicing in North Carolina with 13 years of experience guiding people through complex emotional challenges.

Background and approach

As an LCMHC and LPC, he blends evidence-based methods with an empathic, client-centered stance to address concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, grief, addiction, bipolar mood issues, and trauma. He also attends to related areas like intimacy struggles, career stress, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.

Corey helps clients explore communication skills, self-compassion, and healing from shame or isolation while supporting practical coping strategies for life transitions and chronic stress. His work incorporates a range of therapeutic approaches tailored to what each person needs, and he aims to create an environment where clients can better understand inner experience and build resilience.

Whether facing persistent mood symptoms or navigating major changes, he emphasizes collaboration and steady professional support to help people move toward meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Corey integrates Internal Family Systems, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address emotional and relational concerns in online sessions. Internal Family Systems invites clients to notice and dialogue with different inner parts to reduce self-criticism and heal from trauma-related patterns; this approach can help with shame, complex grief, and persistent emotional reactions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to explore values, identity, and meaning while the therapist follows the client’s lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing concrete skills to manage anxiety, mood symptoms, and stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to assess needs, clarify goals, and try techniques that fit their preferences and life circumstances rather than prescribing a single method from the outset. This allows adjustments over time based on what proves most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit consistent work into busy lives. Those options allow for ongoing skill practice, check-ins between sessions, and easier access when in-person visits are difficult, while still enabling a licensed professional to guide treatment and track progress over time.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Corey works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and career challenges.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
His style is compassionate and tailored, combining client-centered listening with evidence-based techniques to help clients build insight and practical coping skills.
How long has Corey been practicing?
He brings 13 years of clinical experience working with individuals on emotional, interpersonal, and life-transition challenges.
What are Corey’s credentials and where is he licensed?
He holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and is licensed in North Carolina with NC LCMHC 12998 and Oregon LPC C8058.
Does he offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English only and he is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Corey provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with him?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

13+ years

Licensed

North Carolina, Oregon

Languages

English