Dr. Sophia D. Caudle, LCMHC-S, CSAT-S, CST, CTCT
Dr. Sophia D. Caudle is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Supervisor, Certified Sex Addiction Supervisor, Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Multiple Addiction Therapist Supervisor, and Certified Transgender Care Therapist. Under her leadership, Bull City Psychotherapy offers three locations in Durham, Charlotte, and Wilmington, North Carolina. Tele-therapy via secure and HIPPA compliant Zoom is also offered for all people throughout North Carolina, as well as Zoom Grief workshops for people all around the world. Dr. Sophia specializes in individual and group counseling for adults, adolescents, and couples. Dr. Caudle also supervises counselors who are in the process of obtaining their LCMHC.
With over 25 years experience as a licensed psychotherapist, Dr. Caudle strives to provide each client with his/her own individual treatment, utilizing Schema Therapy, which is a research-based cognitive and experiential therapy, as well as mindfulness techniques, imagery, EMDR, and other effective therapies. Dr. Sophia’s area’s of expertise are assisting clients with sex and love addiction, sexuality issues, deepening intimacy, trauma, and grief, including Dr. Caudle’s original work in Ambiguous Grief and Original Grief.
Dr. Caudle is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor-Supervisor (LCMHC-S), National Board Certified Counselor (NBCC), North Carolina Licensed School Counselor, National Board Certified Teacher. Dr. Caudle is a member of the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors, American Counseling Association, North Carolina Counseling Association, North Carolina School Counselor Association, American Psychotherapy Association, International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, and Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Honor Society.
In addition to Dr. Caudle’s professional service, she also serves on the Board of Directors for The Center for Family and Child Health.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Caudle, please call 919-698-7061 or email her at sophia@bullcitypsychotherapy.com.
Kim Shackleford, Nutritionist
Kim is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Certified GAPS and Restorative Wellness Practitioner. She develops bio individual nutrition and supplementation protocols to support optimal health, weight loss and deficiencies that create symptoms, imbalances, and disease. She utilizes a natural foundational approach to rebuilding health, which includes high-performance foods and resources to fuel a sustainable shift in your life for permanent results.
Her focus is on providing whole, nutrient dense foods as the key elements for more energy, to stabilize sugar cravings, to reduce inflammation, balance hormones, improved sleep, reduce allergies, be less symptomatic, reduce body fat and continue down the path of anti-aging and optimizing health. She increases vitality by supporting the body’s chemistry and flooding it with the nutrients it needs to repair, detox and balance. This is a synergistic approach to the whole person rather than masking symptoms.
Kim obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, later graduated from Nutritional Therapy Association, also became certified as a GAPS Practitioner as well as receiving a certification to utilize expanded functional lab testing to evaluate underlying root causes of each person’s physiology to help them get well.
Kim’s passion for a much deeper level and proactive approach to health began when her son, Kanaan, was born with down syndrome. He is her greatest joy and teacher. She was a national level athlete for years and is an NPC State Judge. In her free time, she enjoys resistance training and a full spectrum of other type workouts, cooking, exploring healthy restaurants and dancing.
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If you would like to schedule an appointment with Kim, please call her cell phone at 919-427-5946 or Bull City Psychotherapy at 919-698-7061. Or you can e-mail her at kimshack12@yahoo.com.