Tom Adams, LCMHC
You’re probably a pretty bright, empathetic, curious person who really likes to get at the roots of things.
And perhaps you’ve tried therapy before, only to feel like you were just another appointment on someone’s calendar, your pain reduced to a checklist of symptoms and a diagnosis. Or maybe you just felt that you were only scratching the surface, not digging at the core.
My name is Tom, and I believe the most impactful work happens in a genuine human connection. It’s not about me giving you advice, applying band-aids, or handing you a roadmap. It’s about creating a space where you feel truly seen, heard, and respected for exactly who you are, and where purposeful and meaningful engagement leads to deep emotional shifts and lasting change.
When you work with me, your story takes center stage. I’m here to listen deeply—to the words you say and the ones you can’t quite find. Sometimes I’ll ask questions so that I can better understand you, but in the end, you are your own best authority.
I don’t give “homework” and I don’t direct your sessions.
But I do facilitate the process of helping you find the answers and guidance which may be temporarily beyond your grasp, but exist within you already. Together, we’ll help shine a light on the parts of you that feel mysterious or hidden, but that desperately want to be seen.
Please know that I’m here to walk alongside you, helping to clear away the fog of self-doubt, old patterns and beliefs, and expectations of others so that you can hear your own voice more clearly.
In addition to a Master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Lenoir-Rhyne University, I hold a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) license in the State of North Carolina and I am a registered telehealth provider in the States of South Carolina, Florida, and Maine.
Aside from the official credentials and many years of experience helping people like you navigate their emotional struggles, I am also a fellow human just like you who has experienced suffering, but also healing and transformation through the process of psychotherapy. Regardless of your gender, race, sexual identity, nationality, or religion, I want to help you heal and grow as well. I’m ready to begin when you are.
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Specialties
Relationship Counseling
Specialized individual therapy for people wanting to work through unfulfilling or unhealthy relationship patterns that are keeping them stuck in old ways that don't serve them.
Anxiety Therapy
In-depth psychodynamic therapy for "doers" and "givers" who want to restore balance in their lives so they can move beyond mere surviving and truly thrive instead.
Sexual Trauma Therapy
Compassionate, relationally-based therapy for survivors of sexual trauma looking to gently process their thoughts and feelings in a safe and confidential environment with a therapist who has both clinical and lived experience.
Spiritual / Religious Trauma Therapy
For those wanting to build resilience and confidence, and reclaim their self-worth and identity after surviving spiritual or religious trauma.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Find out what makes Psychodynamic therapy uniquely effective in helping people get to the root of their suffering so they can enjoy more permanent, longer-lasting change moving forward.