- Emotion-focused work
- CBT skills
- DBT strategies
About Dashon
Dashon Mcnelley is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with five years of clinical experience. She helps people who are facing anxiety, stress, trauma, grief, depression, and the everyday strains of change. Dashon also works with concerns like ADHD, addictions, anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and parenting challenges.
Her approach blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) with client-centered methods and practical skills from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies. Sessions focus on naming feelings, spotting unhelpful patterns, and trying small, workable changes. She emphasizes clear communication and building skills that people can use between sessions.
Dashon often supports people dealing with family-origin problems, blended family issues, adoption and foster care themes, and separation or divorce. She also has experience with body image concerns, caregiver stress, and recovery after domestic violence or other traumatic events. Her work includes attention to impulsivity and related behavior patterns.
In therapy she typically combines listening with concrete tools for emotion regulation and communication. Conversations are practical and grounded, with time spent on skills practice when those tools are helpful. Dashon encourages clients to notice which strategies actually fit their daily life and to adjust plans as they go.
Sessions are conducted in English and follow a subscription payment model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients start by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling an initial session through the See online therapy options button.
How her approaches translate to online work
Dashon uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name hard-to-reach feelings and the interaction patterns that keep those feelings alive. EFT is often used when people want to understand emotional triggers and the ways moods affect relationships and everyday behavior.She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and following the person's lead to understand what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides practical steps and experiments to change unhelpful thinking and behavior in day-to-day life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Dashon will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That might mean focusing on emotion processing in one period and skill-building in another.
Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. If video is difficult, people sometimes choose a different arrangement to match their schedule or comfort level. Licensed professionals and therapists adapt sessions so the work fits into everyday life rather than demanding big schedule changes.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Dashon commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, and related problems such as ADHD and addictions.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Dashon blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical tools from CBT and DBT to help people name emotions and develop coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with people on emotional regulation, communication, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and location?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Alabama.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment work?
Sessions use a subscription model that varies with location and 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 your first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.