Damara Ferguson, LCSW, LISW
Compassionate social worker focused on practical change
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Damara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio, Oregon
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Damara
Damara Ferguson is a licensed social worker in Ohio who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and struggles with self-esteem. She brings 16 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to handle daily challenges. Damara speaks plainly and meets people where they are in life.
Her style is warm and respectful. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills practice, gentle reality testing, and ways to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Damara uses a mix of approaches to match what a person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and shift thinking that gets in the way.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports noticing difficult feelings while moving toward valued actions. Attachment-Based ideas inform how past relationships shape current patterns. She has experience with many life concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including relationship problems, parenting stress, grief, career transitions, chronic health issues, and ADHD.
Damara also supports people working through adoption and foster care questions, caregiver strain, and body image worries. In sessions she aims for clear plans you can try between meetings. Conversations are focused, practical, and tailored to each person's needs.
If someone needs help managing anger or making a change in daily life, she helps map steps and build skills that fit real routines.
What Damara works with
Everything Damara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Damara's practice.
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take small steps toward what matters. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It offers clear exercises for stress, worry, and mood management that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts between meetings and use brief check-ins during a busy day.
These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, caregiving, or health needs. Licensed professionals can guide the process and adapt methods to work well across these online formats.
Questions people ask about Damara
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, self-esteem, and related issues such as grief, parenting stress, career change, and ADHD.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
She listens first and then co-creates a straightforward plan. Sessions blend skills practice, thought work, and actions you can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 16 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of mood, behavior, and life concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed as LCSW and LISW 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 calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.