- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
About Dabney
Dabney Hayes is an LPCC and LPC practicing in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and family concerns. Her work includes attention to blended family issues and related strains such as parenting stress and co-parenting tensions.
She takes a straightforward, client-centered approach. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings. Dabney draws from cognitive behavioral tools and acceptance-based strategies to help people change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior.
Attachment-informed ideas shape how she thinks about relationships and loyalties in stephouseholds. That means attention to how past losses and attachment wounds show up in new family roles. She uses that understanding to help people sort through loyalty conflicts, boundary questions, and shifting household routines.
Dabney also uses skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation is a struggle. That includes concrete practices for handling intense anger, rumination, and crisis moments without making things worse. She integrates these skills with coaching-style goal work for career, sleep, eating, and daily functioning.
People who prefer clear, practical guidance tend to fit well with her style. Her experience includes individual and group settings and a range of presenting concerns from grief to ADHD. If you are part of a blended household and want to work on changing patterns, she can help you map next steps and practice alternatives.
How her approaches adapt to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that reflect personal values rather than getting stuck in unhelpful thinking. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where people want to pursue meaningful goals. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early losses and relationship patterns shape current reactions. It can help with loyalty conflicts, blended family dynamics, and parenting-related stress by clarifying patterns and rebuilding trust in new roles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and day-to-day constraints. That decision is revisited as progress is made and as life changes demand different kinds of support.
The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can use a break from work or parenting for a meeting. Therapists can also assign skills and exercises suited to remote follow-up, such as brief behavioral experiments or values-based homework, to keep progress moving between sessions.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, California, South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, family concerns, and blended family issues among other areas.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, combining cognitive behavioral tools, ACT, attachment ideas, and DBT skills to create actionable steps you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she bring?
Dabney has 14 years of experience providing therapy in individual and group settings.
What credentials and location should I know?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from North Carolina.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.