Dabney Hayes, LPCC, LPC

Dabney Hayes is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 14 years of experience. She practices in North Carolina and works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and anger. She also supports people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, addiction, ADHD, and career challenges.

Dabney uses a client-centered approach that draws from several evidence-based methods. In sessions she helps people notice how thoughts and feelings influence behavior, and she teaches skills for managing overwhelming emotions. She encourages practical steps that fit everyday life rather than abstract theory.

Her work often focuses on patterns rooted in shame, self-criticism, and perfectionism. She helps people reframe self-talk, reduce harmful coping behaviors, and build steadier routines. For those dealing with grief, trauma, or loss, she offers ways to process painful memories while learning new coping tools.

Dabney has experience in both individual and group settings. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and attachment-informed work to create sessions that feel straightforward and useful. Clients can expect clear skill-building, practical guidance, and collaborative planning.

She welcomes conversations about parenting struggles, workplace stress, intimacy-related issues, and anger management. If someone wants help reducing reactive responses or handling long-standing resentment, she works on concrete strategies to notice triggers, practice alternative responses, and rebuild relationships over time.

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