Dabney Hayes, LPCC, LPC - Therapist in North Carolina

Emotionally-Focused Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Attachment-Based work

About Dabney

Dabney Hayes is an LPCC and LPC practicing in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, family concerns, addictions, and related challenges. She also supports those managing grief, intimacy and relationship questions, parenting strain, and career or life transitions.

Dabney uses a blend of therapeutic approaches centered on emotions and relationships. She draws from Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Sessions focus on identifying painful patterns and learning different ways to respond to hard feelings.

Her work includes helping people notice how shame, perfectionism, and low self-esteem affect behavior. She talks through habits tied to addiction, coping strategies that feel stuck, and responses to loss. Practical skills and reflective conversation are both part of the process.

Dabney has experience with a wide range of concerns beyond core mood and trauma issues. These include attention-related challenges, body image and eating concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, blended family issues, and topics related to sexuality such as kink and alternative sexual cultures. She also addresses aging and adoption-related matters.

Clients can expect a direct, person-focused style that draws from multiple proven methods. Dabney has worked in individual and group settings and aims to help people build more workable patterns around feelings and relationships.

How Dabney blends EFT and related approaches for online work

Dabney uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name and shift the emotional patterns that keep them stuck. EFT focuses on identifying core feelings and changing how a person responds to those feelings, which can help with relationship patterns and deep emotional pain.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them and choosing actions that match personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationship expectations.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. Dabney will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and what methods feel right. Together they decide whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, acceptance strategies, cognitive techniques, or a mix of methods.

Confirm the session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy week by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and letting people join from quieter surroundings that suit them. Licensed professionals often combine conversational work with guided exercises and skills practice in remote sessions, making it possible to apply tools between meetings.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse DepressionCompassion fatigue

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGrief Intimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependency Commitment issues Communication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separation Domestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgiveness Guilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depression Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based Therapy Client-Centered Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential Therapy Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness Therapy Motivational Interviewing Narrative Therapy Psychodynamic Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy Somatic Therapy Trauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Listed in

North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, California, South Carolina

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

Dabney works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career changes, and related concerns listed in her specialties.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She blends emotion-focused work with acceptance and cognitive approaches and uses client-centered conversation alongside practical skills training.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Dabney has 14 years of experience delivering therapy in individual and group settings.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in North Carolina under those designations.

Which languages and international clients are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography.

How are costs 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.

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