About Ida
Ida Ham is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain, family concerns, and LGBTQ issues. Ida writes in clear, direct terms and aims to make counseling accessible for those feeling overwhelmed.
She trained with a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in counseling, and she completed a graduate certificate in school counseling.
Background and approach
Ida also completed Stephen Ministry training for faith-based lay counseling and support. Her work in North Carolina includes collaborating with local agencies and community providers. In sessions she uses familiar methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, mindfulness practices, and dialectical strategies.
She combines these approaches with a client-centered style to help people build practical skills. Typical session work might include identifying unhelpful thinking, trying small behavior changes, and practicing grounding or acceptance exercises. Ida emphasizes whole-health goals that include physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being.
She helps people clarify values, set realistic steps, and track progress over time. Treatment plans are tailored to each person's situation and may include short-term problem solving or longer-term skill building. Her background includes coordinating treatment and services across settings and helping clients find supports that fit their lives.
Ida aims to make therapy a collaborative process where the person decides goals and the steps to reach them.
How Ida’s Methods Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety and stress by shifting attention to meaningful goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, acceptance, and working at the client’s pace to build trust and self-direction.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Ida works collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan when needed so the work fits the person’s life.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for different days and needs while keeping the focus on skill building, values-based work, and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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