Donna Cummings

Donna Cummings is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who focuses on career concerns alongside stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She draws on two decades of experience in mental health to help people facing life transitions, relationship strain, or struggles with self-esteem. Donna also offers coaching for those who want practical life-skill support rather than therapy.

Donna uses clear, down-to-earth conversation to help clients set goals and take small steps forward. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindful practices and motivational interviewing. That mix is applied in ways that fit each person’s day-to-day life and goals.

Her background includes extensive work with addiction, depression, and anxiety, plus supporting people through grief, trauma, and caregiver stress. She aims to reduce stigma around counseling and to make services easier to access in the community she serves in North Carolina.

Sessions emphasize building skills, increasing self-compassion, and improving routines that affect sleep, anger, and focus. Donna also addresses career-related questions and coaching topics when clients want help with work direction and professional choices.

Her approach is nonjudgmental and culturally aware. People who choose coaching rather than therapy can expect conversational, goal-focused meetings that emphasize practical strategies. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online care choices

Donna commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). ACT helps people clarify what matters most and take action toward those values, even when strong emotions are present. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviors to improve mood and daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Donna treats the choice of methods as a collaboration, adjusting techniques based on each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She often blends mindful awareness, motivational interviewing, and practical exercises so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single model.

Session logistics and formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, avoid travel time, use shorter check-ins during a break, or choose audio-only meetings when video is difficult. Licensed professionals can still use active exercises, coaching strategies, and skills practice in virtual meetings to support progress without changing the everyday routines clients want to improve.