About Damara
Damara Ferguson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and low self-esteem. She works with adults who are facing life changes, grief, relationship strain, or challenges like ADHD and bipolar symptoms. Damara speaks plain language and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She brings 16 years of experience to sessions, and she tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation.
How Damara works
Damara blends approaches so the work matches what a person needs in the moment. Sessions are direct but warm, with an emphasis on clear tools and personal values. Damara often uses techniques that help people notice difficult thoughts, choose actions that match their values, and build better coping skills.
She also pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationships shape current behavior. This can help when communication or trust issues are part of the problem. Clients can expect to practice skills between sessions and to set short, achievable goals.
Damara supports people through both immediate crises and longer-term change. She explains techniques simply so they are easier to use in daily life. She is licensed in Ohio as an LCSW and an LISW.
Damara offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and works in English. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a session based on availability.
Damara lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Damara works with
The areas below are the ones Damara selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people name what matters to them and take action toward those values. In plain terms, it teaches ways to notice painful thoughts and still move toward meaningful goals, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers hands-on techniques to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping skills for stress, low mood, and addictive behaviors.
Damara works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She listens to your goals and tries methods that fit your needs. If something doesn’t help, she adjusts the plan so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and schedules. Video calls allow for more face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, or other commitments.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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