- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LPCC, LPC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, California, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Dabney
Dabney Hayes is a licensed therapist with 14 years of clinical experience. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and works from North Carolina. Dabney focuses on practical help for parents and individuals facing everyday stress and deeper wounds.
She speaks English and supports international clients by offering remote care. Dabney aims to help people move past shame, addiction, low self-esteem, and perfectionism. She also helps with trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, anger, and bedtime or eating struggles.
Background and approach
Her approach is down-to-earth and centered on each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. In sessions she mixes client-centered listening with hands-on tools. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking.
She uses acceptance-based ideas to teach how to live with difficult feelings instead of being controlled by them. Parents will find help with common family pressures, parenting strain, blended family concerns, and attachment issues. Dabney also works on career stress, caregiver burnout, chronic illness coping, and the challenges of adoption and foster care.
She takes a nonjudgmental stance and focuses on small, doable steps clients can try between sessions. People meet with her for both short-term coaching and longer therapeutic work. Sessions can include skills practice, problem solving, and talking through painful memories.
Dabney encourages clients to name realistic goals and track progress over time.
What Dabney works with
Everything Dabney lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Dabney helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- 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
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dabney 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
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for worry, low mood, sleep and eating issues, and problems with daily routines. Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and current challenges. Sessions often blend techniques so work can shift as problems change over time. Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls let people practice skills and observe reactions in real time. Phone sessions or live chat can fit shorter check-ins or times when bandwidth is limited. Text-based messaging is useful for quick reflections, homework check-ins, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity and try different formats as life allows.Questions people ask about Dabney
What concerns does she commonly address?
Dabney works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. She also helps with issues like self-esteem, anger, sleep and eating struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques. Sessions mix acceptance-based strategies, cognitive tools, and skills practice to meet daily life needs.
What is her background and experience?
She has 14 years of experience providing individual and group therapy and has worked with people across different life stages. That experience informs a flexible, nonjudgmental approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from North Carolina. Those are the professional designations provided.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted for remote work.
What formats are used for sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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