Donna Cummings, LPC, LCMHC

Donna Cummings is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 20 years of experience in mental health. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addiction concerns, and challenges like parenting, grief, and relationship strain. Donna also offers life coaching for those who want practical help without formal therapy.

Her approach is down-to-earth and practical. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. She also draws on client-centered work and motivational interviewing to keep conversations focused on the person's goals.

Donna helps clients build life skills, manage overwhelming emotions, and work through issues tied to trauma, intimacy, sleep, and career changes. She has experience supporting people with addiction, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue stemming from caregiving or first responder roles. Practical problem-solving and clear steps are common parts of her sessions.

She pays attention to cultural and diversity factors when she meets with people. Donna aims to reduce stigma around counseling and to make mental health care understandable and usable in daily life. For some callers she provides coaching focused on skills and planning rather than traditional therapy.

Sessions begin with a conversation about specific goals and what the person wants to change. From there she helps set small, achievable steps and tracks progress. People who prefer to work on behavior change, emotional regulation, or rebuilding routines may find this straightforward style useful.

How Donna uses therapy approaches online