Dabney Hayes

Dabney Hayes is an LPCC, LPC therapist based in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by shame, perfectionism, addiction, grief, and trauma. Dabney aims to help clients build more confident, authentic ways of living and to change how they relate to painful thoughts and behaviors.

She draws on a client-centered, integrative approach. That means sessions follow each person’s pace and priorities while using practical tools from several therapies. Dabney commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide the work.

Her background includes both individual and group work, and years of practice with a wide range of life challenges. She helps people navigate stress from relationships, family conflicts, parenting strain, work or school pressures, and mood concerns like anxiety and depression. She also addresses issues such as body image, intimacy-related struggles, and the long effects of abandonment or adoption histories.

Dabney describes her style as welcoming and non-judgmental. In sessions she listens closely, offers straightforward coping skills, and supports clients as they try new ways of responding. Many clients come to her for practical steps they can use between meetings.

People interested in coaching work, coping with life changes, or managing compassion fatigue and caregiver stress may find her approach useful. She accepts international clients and sees clients in English. To begin, follow the site Start Therapy flow and schedule based on availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values rather than getting stuck in avoidance. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions; it can help with intimacy-related problems and trust issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy targets unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with clear, hands-on exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety and mood changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with the client to test methods and adjust based on what helps most. That means trying concrete skills, checking what works between sessions, and shifting strategies when needed.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the available options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people connect from different locations when in-person visits are impractical. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, attachment work, and CBT exercises for an online setting so clients can practice skills between appointments.