Candance Hammonds, LCMHC

Candance Hammonds, LCMHC, is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor practicing in North Carolina. Her LCMHC credential indicates a state license to provide clinical mental health counseling. She has worked in the mental health field for more than 20 years and has been a licensed counselor for 17 years, supporting both adolescents and adults through a wide range of life challenges.

Candance helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or family concerns, and she has experience with trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, ADHD, and issues related to adoption and foster care. Her areas of focus also include intimacy and sexual relationship issues, anger and self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, and coping with major life changes. She also addresses concerns such as codependency, divorce and separation, fertility and infidelity challenges, narcissistic dynamics, post-traumatic stress, and women's issues.

In her practice she emphasizes outcome-driven work and prioritizes the counselor-client relationship as central to progress. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy alongside a client-centered approach to help clients explore goals, build coping skills, and make practical changes. Sessions are tailored to the needs and preferences of each person, with a supportive approach that aims to move toward the outcomes the client wants to achieve.

Approaches for Online Therapy and Practical Support

Candance draws on client-centered therapy to place the person's priorities and perspectives at the center of care, creating space for clients to be heard and to explore goals at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and to build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also integrates mindfulness-based techniques to help people develop present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity in the face of difficult emotions.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Candance works with each person to determine which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, support caregivers and those with mobility or transportation limitations, and allow continuity of care when in-person sessions are not feasible.