Damara Ferguson, LCSW, LISW
Practical support for stress and parenting concerns
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Damara
Damara Ferguson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting challenges. She brings a calm, direct style that aims to make conversations easy to follow and useful right away. Damara uses straightforward talk and practical tools during sessions.
She listens first, then offers ways to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings and steps you can try at home.
Background and approach
With 16 years of experience, Damara has worked with many kinds of concerns. She adapts methods to fit each person instead of using one fixed plan. That means the work is shaped by your goals and what feels most helpful to you.
Her approach draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused perspectives, client-centered care, cognitive behavior strategies, and dialectical behavior techniques. These methods are used to tackle things like grief, relationship strain, parenting stress, ADHD challenges, and coping with life changes. Damara practices in Ohio and holds both LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and LISW (Licensed Independent Social Worker) credentials.
She offers different session formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and communication style. If you want a therapist who will treat you with respect and help build clear, doable steps, she may be a good match.
What Damara works with
Everything Damara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Damara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Damara lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by focusing on what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns through structured exercises and practice. It is often used for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connection and trust, and it supports building healthier ways of relating when old patterns cause pain.Choosing the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That means therapy is shaped by individual needs and preferences rather than a fixed protocol.
Online sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter, phone sessions can be easier with lower bandwidth, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging allows brief reflection over time. These options provide flexibility for people balancing work, parenting, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Damara
What concerns does Damara address in sessions?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting issues, relationship strain, grief, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is calm, direct, and practical. She listens closely and offers skills and steps you can try between meetings.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
Damara has 16 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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