Ida Ham
Experienced LCMHC focusing on practical growth
LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Ida
Ida Ham combines two decades of counseling experience with a client-centered outlook to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, addictions, and LGBT-related concerns.
Background and approach
She introduces herself clearly and focuses on helping clients build self-awareness by recognizing strengths, limits, desires, and fears, and by attending to whole health - physical, psychological, and spiritual. Ida uses assessment to shape situation-specific services and collaborates with clients to develop individualized treatment plans.
Her background includes a B.A. in Psychology, an M.A. in Counseling, a Graduate Certificate in School Counseling, and nationally approved Stephen Ministry training for faith-based lay counseling. She holds the North Carolina LCMHC credential (NC LCMHC 13961) and reports more than 20 years of practice.
Her training and experience have led her to integrate cognitive, behavioral, acceptance and commitment, strengths-based, decision-making, problem-solving, and solution-focused techniques into her work, with an emphasis on practical skills and measurable steps toward goals.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care That Fit Your Life
Ida draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to encourage values-based action and present-moment acceptance when painful thoughts or feelings arise, which can be useful for people coping with persistent distress or life transitions. Client-centered principles inform her work as well, creating a supportive, respectful space where the client's goals guide the pace and focus of treatment.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and she treats selection of methods as a collaborative process. Together with each client she assesses needs, preferences, and goals and adjusts interventions over time so the plan stays relevant and achievable.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make attending sessions more flexible for varied schedules and locations. These formats support ongoing skill practice between sessions and allow clients to connect in ways that fit their daily lives while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor care to individual needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Licensed
North Carolina
Languages
English