Dabney Hayes, LPCC, LPC
North Carolina · 14 years in practice
Dabney Hayes is a licensed counselor who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her practice in North Carolina.
License and registration
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 14628 · expires June 2026
- LMHC, Florida
- MH17976 · expires March 2027
- LMHC, Washington
- LH61246990 · expires April 2026
- LPC, Colorado
- 0016842 · expires August 2027
- LPCC, California
- 21269 · expires November 2027
- LPC, South Carolina
- 11130 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1265743801 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Dabney
Dabney Hayes is a licensed counselor who brings 14 years of clinical experience to her practice in North Carolina. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and focuses on helping people who feel stuck by shame, addiction, low self-esteem, trauma, grief, or intense anxiety. Her work is straightforward and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on helping clients live more confidently and authentically.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of several approaches to help people understand and shift painful patterns in relationships and emotion.
Background and approach
Dabney also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and attachment-based ideas appear in her work when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and repair important connections. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical.
She offers individual and group experience from prior roles and aims to make therapy useful for everyday problems like parenting stress, work difficulties, sleeping and eating issues, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, or body-image struggles. Dabney takes an empathic, nonjudgmental stance and works with clients to set clear goals.
She helps people practice new skills between sessions and track progress. The pace and focus are adjusted to each person’s needs and preferences. To begin, she asks clients to share current concerns and goals so they can build a plan together.
The approach is collaborative and rooted in real-life changes rather than abstract theory.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Dabney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dabney names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Dabney’s Approaches Work Online
Dabney commonly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift painful emotional patterns and attachment responses that show up in close relationships. EFT focuses on moments of strong feeling and helps people find new ways to respond that reduce conflict and increase connection.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that match what matters most. Attachment-based ideas are woven in to help people understand how early connection patterns shape present reactions and relationship expectations.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dabney treats this as a collaboration - she and the client will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The aim is to find a mix of tools that fit the person’s needs and values.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face and practice skills together. Phone calls can fit a busy schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, reflection, or short skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel demands while keeping consistent progress.
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Questions people ask
What problems does she help with?
Dabney helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar challenges, and career or life transitions.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and direct. Sessions focus on understanding emotions, practicing new skills, and trying small changes that fit daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience working in individual and group settings with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from North Carolina.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are provided in English.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
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