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Dabney Hayes

Practical, steady support for family challenges

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Credentials
LPCC, LPC
Experience
14 years
Licensed in
North Carolina, Florida, Washington
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Dabney

Dabney Hayes is a licensed counselor with 14 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and family challenges. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from North Carolina. Parents and caregivers often seek her out for help with parenting concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and everyday life stressors.

She focuses on clear, practical steps in therapy. Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. Dabney uses techniques that help people manage strong emotions, rethink unhelpful thoughts, and practice new habits at home.

Background and approach

Her background includes individual and group work with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. That variety shaped a flexible style that adjusts to each person and situation. She aims to be warm and nonjudgmental while helping clients build skills they can use between sessions.

Therapy often blends evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based work with attention to attachment patterns and emotion regulation skills. Dabney helps people identify patterns that cause pain and then tries out different ways to respond. She also supports issues tied to identity, addiction, grief, and long-term stress.

She welcomes practical problem-solving alongside deeper emotional work. Parents who want clear strategies for behavior, routines, or coping often find the approach useful. Dabney emphasizes small, doable changes that add up to more stable family life and better emotional balance.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions when avoidance gets in the way. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns in families and close relationships. It can help parents and caregivers understand repeating dynamics and try new ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dabney will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She often combines techniques so therapy matches what the family or individual actually needs, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. These options let families fit therapy into busy routines and keep momentum between visits. Whether someone prefers face-to-face conversation by video or shorter check-ins by message, the formats support ongoing skill practice and steady progress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?
Dabney works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, parenting, and family conflict. She also addresses ADHD, self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue.
What is her style in sessions?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, mixing skill-building with emotional work. Sessions focus on real-life strategies clients can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience providing therapy in both individual and group settings. That background includes work with children, teens, young adults, and families.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from North Carolina. License details include CA LPCC 21269 and CO LPC 0016842.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
14 years
Licensed
North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, California, South Carolina
Languages
English

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