Candice Halley, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

Goal focused
Mindfulness based
Client centered

About Candice

Candice Halley is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She has 16 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Candice offers a steady, practical style that focuses on clear goals and small steps forward.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through painful experiences and confusing emotions. She listens closely and helps people clarify what matters to them. Work often includes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying new behaviors between sessions.

Candice blends several approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses client-centered listening to follow the client’s lead, cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge patterns that keep people stuck, and mindfulness methods to build present-moment coping. Motivational interviewing is used when clients want to make lasting changes and need help finding their own reasons to move forward.

Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns such as relationship issues, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, anger, addiction, bipolar mood concerns, and the stress that comes after disasters or other community traumas. She also supports people facing caregiving burdens, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and recovery from domestic violence.

Candice aims to help people build practical tools and steady routines. She encourages clear communication skills, healthier boundaries, and ways to manage daily life so recovery feels doable. To begin, readers should use the site's Start Therapy process to match with her and schedule a session according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life

Candice often uses client-centered therapy, which means she follows the person's lead and focuses on what matters most to them. This approach is helpful when someone needs listening and support to sort out priorities and values.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and rebuilding routines after disruption.

Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, is another tool she draws on for stronger emotion regulation, managing intense reactions, and improving communication. DBT-style skills training emphasizes practical strategies for handling distress and staying connected to goals.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Candice works collaboratively to decide which methods match a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made.

The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions can occur between work or caregiving tasks. Licensed professionals can use different approaches online to teach skills, track homework, and support coping after disasters or major life events.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteemCareer difficultiesDepression

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 stress Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violence First responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purpose Veteran and Armed Forces Issues Money and financial issues Mood 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

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Candice works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD, and coping with life changes such as divorce or disaster.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on listening, identifying patterns, and testing small changes that can improve day-to-day functioning.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 16 years of clinical experience working with adults on mood, trauma, parenting strain, workplace stress, and related concerns.

What credential and location information should I know?

She holds the LCMHC credential and practices in North Carolina.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.