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Ijeoma Onyejiaka

Ijeoma Onyejiaka

LPC · Texas

Therapist focusing on relationships and trauma

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  • Integrative approach
  • Family-informed care
  • Speaks Igbo

About Ijeoma

Ijeoma Onyejiaka is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common and urgent concerns parents bring into therapy - anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She supports people facing grief, adoption and foster care issues, parenting stress, and identity or intimacy-related struggles.

Her sessions are collaborative and direct. She listens first, then helps people build concrete coping skills. She pays attention to how family dynamics, culture, faith, and life experience shape emotional responses.

She draws on several psychotherapy approaches to tailor care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current connection. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used to map emotions and improve communication in relationships.

Her work brings together practical strategies and longer-term relational work. That means learning breathing and grounding tools alongside talking about patterns in family and couple interactions. The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotions, and better day-to-day coping.

Ijeoma also speaks English and Igbo. She accepts international clients and works with people across a wide range of concerns, including addiction, ADHD, body image, and blended family challenges. Prospective clients are encouraged to confirm session options and scheduling details before booking.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts without fighting them and choosing actions that match your values; it can help when anxiety, depression, or life changes make decision-making hard.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behavior, which is useful for couples, parents, or anyone coping with abandonment or adoption and foster care concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those needs. Clients and the therapist make adjustments together as progress is tracked.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing meetings from wherever schedules permit. It can also let people choose sessions that work best for them depending on bandwidth or comfort with video versus audio. Because session formats are not listed here, confirm current options directly before booking so you know what will be available.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Gottman MethodHypnotherapyImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Texas

Languages

English, Igbo

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting concerns, and issues related to adoption and foster care among other areas.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on listening first and then teaching coping skills while exploring relationship patterns.

What is her professional background?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 11 years of experience and clinical work that emphasizes systemic and trauma-related concerns.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practices in Texas and holds the LPC credential as listed.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Igbo.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

She accepts international clients; confirm scheduling and any regional considerations when you set up sessions.

How are fees and billing handled?

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

What steps do I take to begin therapy?

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

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