- Career-minded support
- Skills and insight
- Warm pragmatic style
About Candice
Candice Halley is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina with 16 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, grief, and addictive behaviors. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at practical steps people can use right away.
Candice focuses on everyday problems like trouble sleeping, low self-esteem, anger, and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions such as divorce or caregiving demands. Career concerns and issues around intimacy and attachment are part of her regular work with clients.
Her approach mixes client-centered talking, cognitive behavioral work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people try small changes and notice what works. Sessions typically move between understanding patterns and building new coping skills.
Candice aims to make therapy down-to-earth. She will listen, help you set clear goals, and practice tools that fit your daily routine. She encourages self-compassion while holding people accountable for steps toward change.
People come to her when they need both short-term coaching and longer-term therapeutic support. Her background includes long-term clinical practice with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She offers therapy in English and works from a North Carolina practice.
Candice focuses on everyday problems like trouble sleeping, low self-esteem, anger, and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions such as divorce or caregiving demands. Career concerns and issues around intimacy and attachment are part of her regular work with clients.
Her approach mixes client-centered talking, cognitive behavioral work, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people try small changes and notice what works. Sessions typically move between understanding patterns and building new coping skills.
Candice aims to make therapy down-to-earth. She will listen, help you set clear goals, and practice tools that fit your daily routine. She encourages self-compassion while holding people accountable for steps toward change.
People come to her when they need both short-term coaching and longer-term therapeutic support. Her background includes long-term clinical practice with adults experiencing a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She offers therapy in English and works from a North Carolina practice.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy
Experience
16+ years
Credentials
North Carolina
Languages
English
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is practical and often focuses on skills for anxiety, depression, sleeping, and work-related stress.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship. It helps people feel heard, sort out values, and make decisions that match what matters to them.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with clients to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what is working. That choice can change as progress is made.
Confirm current session formats before booking to know what is offered. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy week easier and reduce travel time. Some formats are better for quick check-ins while others fit deeper conversations, and adapting the session type can help match work or family schedules. Many people find that being able to schedule more flexibly helps them keep momentum between sessions.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
Candice works with a broad set of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, career questions, addictions, trauma and relationship and intimacy-related challenges.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The style is client-centered and practical, blending listening with straightforward skill-building and goal setting to help people make changes that fit their life.
What kind of experience does the therapist bring?
Candice has 16 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional and life challenges such as trauma recovery, caregiving strain, and career-related stress.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds the LCMHC credential and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.