Davalene Wilbanks
Thoughtful support for family and parenting challenges
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Davalene
Davalene Wilbanks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 24 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges such as addiction, anger, low self-esteem, and parenting concerns. She aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable and realistic for busy families and caregivers.
In sessions she keeps language plain and actions practical. Conversations focus on what matters now and on small changes that make daily life easier.
Background and approach
She creates a calm space where clients can speak honestly about feelings and struggles without fear of judgment. Davalene uses methods that teach skills and build coping tools. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking, Dialectical Behavior Therapy to manage intense emotions, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term goals.
These methods are explained simply and taught in ways people can use between sessions. Her background includes work across a range of mental health and life stress issues, including grief, trauma, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and caregiving stress. She has supported people facing family tensions, blended family questions, and difficulties with communication.
Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in several formats to fit different routines. Davalene encourages practical steps and steady progress, helping people build momentum toward improved daily functioning and clearer priorities.
How evidence-based approaches work online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It uses simple exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and improve daily routines. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches practical emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. It is useful when emotions feel overwhelming and when better coping strategies are needed. Solution-Focused Therapy centers on short-term goals and small changes that add up quickly, helping people move toward clearer priorities and immediate improvements.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful based on your concerns, goals, and daily life. Together you can try an approach, adjust it, or combine techniques so the work fits your needs and family rhythms.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. These formats let people access regular support without long travel, making follow-up, homework, and skill practice more convenient. The flexibility helps maintain momentum between sessions and keeps work focused on practical progress.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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