Candance Hammonds, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

About Candance

Candance Hammonds is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who focuses on parenting and family concerns alongside common struggles like anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma. She brings 20 years in the mental health field and 17 years as a licensed counselor, helping people find clearer ways to cope and move forward.

Sessions aim to address practical goals and make day-to-day life more manageable for parents and caregivers. Her style is straightforward and warm.

Background and approach

She centers conversations on what the client wants to change and works with each person to set clear objectives. Sessions are collaborative and focused on real steps people can use at home. Many parents appreciate this results-oriented but empathetic approach.

Candance draws from cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going. She also uses client-centered methods that follow the person’s pace and priorities. Trauma-focused techniques are part of her practice when people need help after abusive or neglectful experiences.

She has experience with adoption and foster care matters, caregiver stress, codependency, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues. Other areas of focus include infertility and fertility concerns, infidelity, narcissism, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are available in English and take place online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Candance works from North Carolina and holds NC LCMHC 5403 as her license.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit busy lives

Client-centered therapy focuses on what matters most to the person seeking help. The therapist follows the client’s lead, listens closely, and shapes sessions around the client’s priorities. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through parenting stresses or relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches simple techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. This method often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing daily stressors that affect family life.

Trauma-focused therapy is used when past abuse or neglect affects current functioning. It helps people process painful memories and regain a greater sense of safety in everyday interactions. The therapist introduces tools at a pace the client can handle.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review goals, preferences, and the presenting concerns and then suggest methods to try. Clients and therapist check in about what’s helpful and adjust the plan as needed.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging offer shorter or more flexible options. These formats help caregivers and parents access support without long commutes and allow continual communication between sessions when needed.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?

Candance supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, relationship and family problems, grief, and related concerns such as ADHD and bipolar disorder.

What is her general therapy style?

The approach is collaborative and outcome-focused. Sessions prioritize the client’s goals and use practical steps people can try between meetings.

How much experience does she bring to sessions?

She has worked in the mental health field for 20 years and has been a licensed counselor for 17 years.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, NC LCMHC 5403, and practices from North Carolina.

Which languages are supported in therapy?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How are fees and payment arranged?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

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Experience: 20 years
Licensed: North Carolina
Languages: English

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