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Ijeoma Onyejiaka

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Ijeoma Onyejiaka, LPC

Texas

Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Texas / 72670
  • NPI1124480892
  • Experience11 years
  • LanguagesEnglish, Igbo
  • LocationTexas

About

  • CBT techniques
  • Acceptance work
  • Attachment focus

About Ijeoma

Ijeoma Onyejiaka is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as anger, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, and parenting strain. Sessions are offered in English and Igbo, and she accepts international clients.

Her style is collaborative and practical. She pays attention to how family patterns, identity, faith, and life events shape feelings and behavior. In sessions she helps people notice patterns, practice alternative responses, and build steady coping skills rather than quick fixes.

She draws on several evidence-informed approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and client-centered methods. That mix lets her address thinking habits, emotional responses, and relationship dynamics together.

Her work often focuses on regulation and relationships. She helps people reduce reactivity, handle resentment, and improve communication. When trauma shows up, she uses trauma-informed strategies and family-focused work to address its ongoing effects.

Clients can expect clear goals and practical exercises to use between sessions. She emphasizes building skills for emotional regulation, repairing relationship patterns, and creating routines that support better sleep, eating, and daily functioning.

Before scheduling, readers should confirm current session formats and any other practical arrangements. To begin, use the site matching flow to choose a first session and complete the brief questionnaire.

How sessions work

How her approaches work in online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action toward them while learning to notice unhelpful thoughts without getting pulled in. It is useful for persistent anger, anxiety, and motivation issues.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change patterns that feed anger and mood problems. It helps with everyday reactivity, sleep, eating, and workplace stress.

Attachment-Based Therapy attends to relationship patterns formed early in life and how they show up now. This can help when anger is tied to trust, abandonment, or relationship cycles.

Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what fits the client’s needs and preferences.

Practical benefits of remote work include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and reducing travel time. The site asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session, so readers should confirm which specific session formats are offered before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to keep regular check-ins and practice skills between meetings.

Areas of focus

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

Listed in

Texas

Languages

English, Igbo

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She supports people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting strain, and related issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on emotion regulation, relationship patterns, and concrete coping skills to use between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 11 years of clinical experience working with adults on emotional, relational, and trauma-related concerns.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and provides services from that location.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and Igbo.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking through the site.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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