Candance Hammonds , LCMHC

Candance Hammonds is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She has worked in the mental health field for more than 20 years and has maintained her license as a practicing counselor for 17 years. Her experience includes providing care to adolescents and adults across a range of concerns, from anxiety and depression to relationship and parenting challenges.

Hammonds has a strong background supporting people affected by trauma, abuse, grief, and life transitions, and she also addresses issues such as ADHD, bipolar symptoms, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, codependency, infertility and fertility-related concerns, family-of-origin dynamics, infidelity, and problems that arise during divorce or separation.

She describes herself as a helper at heart and centers sessions on the outcomes each person wants to achieve. Her work emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as a foundation for progress, and she blends cognitive behavioral techniques with a client-centered stance to tailor care to individual needs. Sessions aim to be collaborative, goal-focused, and grounded in practical strategies that fit each person’s life.

Hammonds brings two decades of professional perspective and a steady, outcome-oriented approach to counseling. She seeks to support clients as they navigate change, heal from past hurts, and develop skills for healthier relationships and improved daily functioning.

Approaches and Access: Online Therapeutic Options

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s strengths and priorities, creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the individual’s goals guide the work. This approach helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, life transitions, and emotional processing.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress and improve coping with daily challenges. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on addressing the impact of traumatic experiences with techniques that promote safety and gradual recovery, supporting people dealing with abuse, neglect, or post-traumatic stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Hammonds works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility to meet from home or work via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make scheduling easier for those balancing family, work, or caregiving responsibilities and allow people to maintain continuity of care when life circumstances change.