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Rita Ham

Experienced compassionate therapist for adults and families

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Credentials
LMHP
Experience
40 years
Licensed in
Nebraska
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Rita

Rita Ham has practiced therapy for over 40 years. She began in community substance use treatment and has since worked in both residential and outpatient settings across Nebraska. Rita is a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner - LMHP and brings long experience supporting people facing substance use, mood struggles, trauma, and relationship strain.

Her style is warm and interactive. She builds a trusting relationship and gently challenges clients toward their goals.

Background and approach

Rita focuses on practical skills and tools that people can use between sessions. Rita currently concentrates her work with adults and often invites supportive family members into therapy when the client agrees. She uses a mix of approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-informed ideas, to address things like anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting concerns.

She emphasizes that a diagnosis does not define a person and treats each person with respect and honesty. Sessions cover everyday problems as well as deeper issues such as grief, bipolar mood swings, and coping with life changes. Rita also helps with communication problems, codependency, workplace stress, and smoking or vaping cessation.

Her long career includes group facilitation as well as individual and couples work. When starting therapy she helps clients clarify what they want to change and sets goals together. Rita invites people who are ready to move from where they are now to where they want to be to reach out and begin the process.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes by focusing on what matters most and building small, steady habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for depression, anxiety, and mood problems. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationships shape emotions and behavior and can help with relationship and family concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rita will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and often mixes useful elements from different approaches to match what the client wants to achieve.

Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These options let people connect from home, fit sessions around busy schedules, and keep progress moving when in-person meetings are difficult. The variety of formats also supports follow-up, brief check-ins, and continued skill practice between full sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Rita address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, bipolar disorder, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include codependency, communication problems, eating issues, and workplace difficulties.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and interactive and aims to build trust. She combines practical skill-building with respectful challenge to help clients reach their goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has provided therapy for over 40 years, including work in residential treatment and outpatient community programs.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Rita is a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner - LMHP with credential number NE LMHP 1671, and she practices in Nebraska.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients served?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
40 years
Licensed
Nebraska
Languages
English

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