Donna Cummings is a Licensed Professional Counselor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting strain, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
01About Donna
Donna Cummings is a Licensed Professional Counselor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting strain, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also helps with grief, sleeping problems, anger, career questions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Donna brings 20 years of experience in mental health to her work and speaks English.
Donna keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build new habits.
Background and approach
For people who prefer coaching over therapy, she offers life coaching focused on skills and daily routines. Her background includes long experience in community mental health and addiction settings. That work shaped a focus on accessible care and reducing stigma around seeking help.
Donna emphasizes self-compassion and simple strategies that fit into busy lives. In sessions she combines client-centered listening with evidence-informed techniques. She draws on mindfulness practices to steady the mind and on motivational interviewing to help people find motivation for change.
The aim is to make progress that clients notice week to week. Donna is licensed in North Carolina as an LPC and also holds the LCMHC credential. She supports clients working through blended family issues, caregiver stress, codependency, trauma and abuse, first responder concerns, and other life strains.
She welcomes international clients and offers several online formats to fit different needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 7009 · expires August 2027
- LCMHC (North Carolina)
- License 20732 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1861930075 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Donna names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Donna names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and what online work looks like
Donna commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions because it focuses on small steps that add up over time.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches simple skills to shift those patterns. CBT is practical for sleep problems, anger, anxiety, and coping with stress.
Client-centered work is part of her style too - that means listening without judgment and letting clients set the pace and priorities for sessions. Together the therapist and client decide which approaches to try and adjust them as goals change.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit help into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more connection helps. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels like too much. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continuing progress between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can use the format that fits their schedule and energy level.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Donna help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, anger, career stress, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions are client-centered and goal oriented. Donna listens closely, then uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to address practical problems.
How much experience does she have?
Donna has about 20 years of experience in mental health settings, including work with addiction and community mental health services.
Where is Donna licensed and located?
She is based in North Carolina and holds the LPC credential and the LCMHC designation as provided.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English for people located outside the therapist's region.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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