Rita Ham, LMHP

Rita Ham brings more than 40 years of clinical experience to her work with adults facing a range of mental health and substance use concerns. Her career began in a community-based substance use treatment center where she completed training and led interventions for family members worried about loved ones, an early experience that shaped a lifelong commitment to helping people and their support networks.

She is credentialed as an LMHP, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Practitioner, and has also served as a licensed drug counselor in Nebraska with previous substance use counseling licensure in Kansas. Over the decades she has worked in residential treatment settings and, since 1995, has provided outpatient services through community-based programs. Her practice includes individual, couple, and family work as well as group facilitation for mental health and substance use topics.

Rita focuses primarily on adults and draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-informed principles while incorporating a range of evidence-based techniques considered best practices. When appropriate and approved by the client, she invites members of a client’s support system to participate in the therapeutic process. Rita emphasizes that diagnoses are tools to guide care but do not define a person; her approach blends life-skill building with practical tools to address symptoms and challenges.

Clients can expect a warm, interactive therapeutic style that prioritizes a trusting relationship, honest feedback, and respectful challenge aimed at clearly defined treatment goals. Rita welcomes contact from those ready to explore change and move from where they are now toward where they want to be.