Dabney Hayes, LPCC, LPC

Dabney Hayes is a licensed counselor with more than 14 years of experience helping people work through difficult emotions and life changes. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in North Carolina while also working with international clients. Dabney focuses on practical steps that help people gain more confidence and feel more authentic in their daily lives.

She helps people who struggle with anxiety, stress, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction. Intimacy-related issues, grief, self-esteem, parenting challenges, and ADHD are also areas she addresses. Her work includes concerns linked to body image, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and kink or BDSM when those topics are central to a person's distress.

Dabney uses an integrative, client-centered style. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to fit each person’s needs. In sessions she focuses on concrete skills - managing difficult thoughts, regulating emotion, and making values-based choices.

She has experience providing care in both individual and group settings. That background informs how she structures sessions to include practice, reflection, and real-world application. Dabney emphasizes a nonjudgmental stance and aims to make the therapeutic process clear and manageable.

People who prefer a direct but compassionate approach tend to work well with her. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and take action that aligns with their values. It is useful for anxiety, persistent shame, and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current expectations and emotional responses, and it helps people build more satisfying connections and repair trust issues.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Together they decide which techniques feel most useful and practical for day-to-day life.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use skills learned in session in their regular environments, which can speed up practice and habit change. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and homework so they are workable between meetings, and sessions are organized to focus on real-world steps toward the client’s goals.