About Korey
Korey Fisher-Wellman is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice experience. He lives and works in North Carolina and brings a practical, straightforward style to sessions. Korey focuses on making therapy a clear, useful process for people feeling overwhelmed by life changes.
He began his path studying psychology and social work, then worked extensively in public child welfare. That background shaped his focus on stress, trauma, grief, and caregiving strain.
How Korey works
Korey also supports people dealing with anxiety, mood disorders including bipolar, substance use concerns, and attention-related challenges. Korey draws from several approaches when planning care. He uses client-centered techniques to meet people where they are and cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help clients set goals and build small changes that stick. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Korey helps clients break problems into manageable steps and practices skills in session that can be used between meetings.
He also addresses relationships, intimacy issues, communication problems, and the stress of blended family situations. People who reach out can expect direct conversation and practical strategies. Korey aims to make therapy understandable and applicable to daily life.
He works with a range of concerns from career stress and self-esteem to post-traumatic stress and compassion fatigue.
Korey lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Korey works with
The areas below are the ones Korey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Korey's approaches work online
Korey uses client-centered work to listen first and follow each person's lead. This approach focuses on understanding your concerns and shaping sessions around your priorities, which is helpful for stress, grief, and relationship issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It includes practical exercises and simple homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings, and change unhelpful habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Korey will discuss options and tailor methods based on your needs, goals, and preferences in a collaborative way rather than prescribing a single method from the start.
Online therapy lets people meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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