Haley Pippins Damron, MA, LCMHC, LCAS, NCC, CSI
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist - National Certified Counselor - Clinical Supervision Intern
Hi, I’m Haley.
Most people don't come to therapy because everything is going wonderfully.
Sometimes something happened. Sometimes life has been heavy for a long time. And sometimes there isn't one big thing at all — you just know you're tired of carrying everything around in your own head.
Whatever brought you here, you don't have to have the right words for it before you walk through the door.
I created Homestead Healing because I wanted therapy to feel different. I wanted a place where you could come in, sit down, and not have to perform or have everything figured out. A place where you can say the thing you haven't said out loud yet, sort through the things that don't make sense, or simply admit that you're having a hard time.
You don't have to know where to start.
We can figure that part out together.
My Approach to Therapy
Therapy with me is a conversation.
I'm not going to sit silently across the room and make you wonder what I'm thinking. I ask questions. I'm honest with you. We might laugh sometimes. We might sit with something that's hard for a while. And you never have to make what you're going through sound prettier, smaller, or more put together than it actually is.
I don't believe there is one right way to do therapy because there isn't one kind of person sitting across from me. The work we do depends on who you are, what you're carrying, and what you need.
Sometimes that takes us backward to understand where something started. Sometimes we're looking at what's happening right now. Usually, it's a little bit of both.
You don't need to show up knowing exactly what you want to work on.
That's part of what we'll figure out together.
A Little About Me — Beyond the Couch
When I'm not in session, I'm usually at home — probably halfway through a project I swore to my husband would be simple and somehow added three more things to his to-do list.
I like making spaces feel like home. I'm forever cleaning something, organizing something, moving something, planting something, or deciding that one little corner of the house would work better if we completely changed it.
My life is organized chaos in the most literal sense. There are kids coming and going, dogs and cats underfoot, entirely too many projects happening at once, and usually a comfort show I've already watched more times than I could count playing somewhere in the background.
I love old things, cozy spaces, being outside, a good book, and those ordinary little moments that make a place — or a life — feel like yours.
Perfect has never interested me much.
Real does.
Education & Experience
I earned my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from NC State University and my Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Addiction Studies from NC Central University.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, National Certified Counselor, and Clinical Supervision Intern.
Before opening Homestead Healing in 2021, my clinical work included both inpatient and outpatient settings. I've worked with people navigating substance use and recovery, anxiety, depression, trauma, crisis, relationship difficulties, and major life changes.
Those experiences shaped the therapist I am today, but they also taught me that no two people arrive in the same place for the same reasons. Training and experience matter. So does paying attention to the actual person sitting in front of you.
Homestead Healing grew from both.
Why I Do This Work
I know what it feels like to think, “Nobody gets it.”
And I know how easy it is to keep going anyway. To keep handling things. Keep showing up. Keep saying you're fine because explaining everything feels harder than just carrying it.
That's part of why I became a therapist.
Not because I think I have all the answers. I don't. And I don't think therapy is about someone sitting across from you who does.
I believe there is something powerful about having a place where you can say what you actually think, admit when something hurts, untangle the things you've been carrying for a long time, and figure out what comes next.
You don't have to make it sound better than it is here.
You can just start with what's true.