About Ijeoma
Ijeoma Onyejiaka is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, and mood challenges. She also supports concerns such as grief, relationship strain, eating or sleeping problems, parenting stress, ADHD, and phobias. She speaks English and Igbo and brings 11 years of clinical experience to her practice.
Her approach blends practical, evidence-informed methods. Sessions focus on clear goals and doable steps.
Background and approach
She listens for how identity, culture, and life events shape feelings and reactions. The tone tends to be collaborative and respectful. In the therapy room she draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people accept hard feelings while taking values-driven action. Attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas are used when relationship patterns and connection are central. Ijeoma pays attention to how past loss, abandonment, or adoption experiences affect present functioning.
She also supports clients dealing with burnout, compassion fatigue, and co-occurring issues like mood disorders and substance use. Her work aims to strengthen emotional regulation and improve communication skills. People can expect clear skill-building, space to process difficult emotions, and help making sustainable changes.
Treatment plans are tailored to each person's situation and goals. Sessions are offered in multiple formats to fit different needs and schedules.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking actions that match personal values. ACT can help with anxiety, phobias, low mood, and decisions about life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them, which can reduce anxiety and improve sleep and mood. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current patterns of closeness and trust, and it can be useful when relationship issues, intimacy concerns, or attachment wounds are central.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then suggest options and adjust methods as needed. That way the plan fits the client's needs rather than forcing a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for people who prefer writing, need brief support between sessions, or want a low-barrier way to track progress. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue care across locations.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- 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 conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Igbo
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