Genera Gilliam, LCMHC

Genera Gilliam brings a thoughtful, collaborative approach to counseling that centers on trust and practical change. She views therapy as a shared process in which people and therapist work together to identify goals, clarify needs, and develop tools to shift thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Genera emphasizes strength-based and solution-focused methods while drawing on client-centered principles, cognitive behavioral techniques, and family systems ideas when appropriate. She believes individuals can move toward their fullest potential when given the right support and resources, and she often involves a client’s broader support system to extend that help.

Genera has 16 years of experience across school, agency, and private practice settings, offering individual, group, and family counseling. Her work has included crisis intervention and treatment for anxiety, stress, grief and loss, anger, depression and bipolar conditions, parenting and communication challenges, at-risk youth concerns, career development, and matters related to cultural, religious, and sexual orientation diversity. Additional focuses include trauma and abuse, caregiver stress, blended family issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran and armed forces issues, and eating and mood disorders.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001) and a Master of Arts in Counseling from North Carolina Central University (2006). Genera is licensed as an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - and values collaboration with community resources to support client wellbeing.