Dabney Hayes, LPCC, LPC

Dabney Hayes is a licensed counselor based in North Carolina with 14 years of clinical experience working across individual and group settings. She holds LPCC and LPC credentials - state licenses that qualify her to practice as a professional counselor - and brings a compassionate, nonjudgmental approach to her work.

Her practice addresses a broad range of concerns, including stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, addiction, depression, relationship and family difficulties, grief and loss, compassion fatigue, eating and sleeping challenges, parenting and career issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and intimacy-related matters. She also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment and foster care matters, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and blended family dynamics.

Dabney has experience supporting children, adolescents, young adults, and families, and she draws from an integrative, client-centered orientation that adapts to each person’s needs. Her clinical approach includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy.

She aims to help people heal wounds rooted in shame or self-criticism, build a different relationship with their thoughts, and move toward more authentic, confident living. Dabney emphasizes empathy and respect in therapy and supports individuals in developing practical coping skills and long-term personal growth.