Candance Hammonds , LCMHC

Candance Hammonds is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with more than 20 years in the mental health field and 17 years as a licensed counselor. She brings extensive experience working with adolescents and adults across a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting challenges, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and matters related to foster care and adoption. She also supports people who have experienced abuse and neglect and addresses grief, trauma, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and life transitions.

As a practitioner who identifies as helper at heart, Candance centers sessions on the outcomes each person wants to achieve and emphasizes a collaborative relationship as the foundation for progress. Her work integrates cognitive behavioral therapy - a structured approach that helps clients examine and shift patterns of thought and behavior - with a client-centered stance that prioritizes the individual goals and perspectives of each person in therapy. Sessions are tailored to the needs presented, and she guides clients toward practical skills and insight that align with their values and daily life.

Candance values a warm, goal-focused partnership and approaches each case with experience, empathy, and a commitment to supporting meaningful change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person seeking help, creating a respectful, empathetic space where the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them identify and pursue their own goals. This approach is useful for people working through relationship concerns, self-esteem issues, parenting challenges, and general life transitions.

Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is a practical, goal-oriented method that helps clients recognize unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with daily challenges.

Mindfulness therapy offers simple skills for grounding attention in the present moment and reducing reactivity to stressors. It can complement other approaches when dealing with anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, or difficulties managing emotions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. A licensed professional will work with each client to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine techniques over time to best support progress.

Online therapy provides flexibility in how sessions occur - via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to access therapists from different locations. These options allow therapy to continue around work, family, and daily obligations while maintaining consistent contact with a therapist.