Genera Gilliam , LCMHC

Genera Gilliam is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC) practicing in North Carolina with 16 years of professional experience. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from North Carolina Central University (2006) and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001). Her training and credentials reflect long-term work in clinical and community settings and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Her counseling experience spans school, agency, and private practice environments, offering individual, group, and family work. She has supported people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and bipolar conditions, parenting and blended family challenges, relationship and communication difficulties, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger and impulse issues, career changes, ADHD, and other mood and adjustment concerns. Additional focus areas include caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, panic attacks, prejudice and discrimination, self-harm and self-love work, and social anxiety.

Her clinical style is strength-based, client-centered, and solution-focused, with regular use of cognitive behavioral and family systems techniques. Treatment plans are shaped by each person s specific goals, and she seeks to involve a client s support system when appropriate. She values collaboration with community resources to extend support and helps clients explore, clarify, and change thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors to move toward meaningful change.

Genera offers a respectful, collaborative presence in sessions and emphasizes practical tools and supports to help people pursue their goals.

Approaches That Shape Online Sessions

Genera uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the person s priorities guide each session. This approach emphasizes listening, respect, and collaboration so clients can explore their values and decide on meaningful goals; it is often helpful for relationship concerns, identity questions, and building self-esteem.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and experiment with practical strategies to change behaviors and mood. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, panic, and stress management.

Mindfulness therapy is incorporated when helpful to teach present-focused awareness and emotion regulation skills; these techniques can support coping with grief, trauma symptoms, and chronic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Genera works collaboratively with each person to determine what methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so the plan stays relevant to progress and changing circumstances.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video sessions, phone meetings, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access therapy when in-person visits are not practical. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver many common therapeutic interventions effectively while tailoring the experience to each client s situation.