Donna Cummings, LPC, LCMHC

Donna Cummings is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, sleep problems, anger, and career questions. Donna also supports people facing caregiver strain, blended family challenges, codependency, first responder issues, and recovery-related concerns. She offers life coaching for those who want practical support without therapy.

Donna has worked in mental health for about 20 years and earned a master’s degree in 2015. She has hands-on experience with addiction, building life skills, and promoting self-esteem and self-compassion. Her background blends clinical work and coaching, so sessions can focus on emotional healing or concrete skills depending on what a person needs.

Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, client-centered techniques, and motivational interviewing to help people notice what matters and take steps toward it. Conversations are practical and aimed at building small, sustainable changes.

Donna emphasizes cultural awareness and respect for diversity when helping people set goals. She aims to make counseling feel ordinary rather than stigmatized, and to support daily routines and self-care habits that improve functioning.

To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions based on availability. Sessions operate on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How these approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking steps toward those values even when feelings are hard. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by teaching practical ways to act in line with personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Mindfulness-based techniques help people notice their moment-to-moment experience and reduce reactivity, which can support stress management and self-compassion.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and recommend methods that fit those priorities. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online counseling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, avoid travel, or choose shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also allow people to continue care when life changes make in-person meetings difficult. Licensed professionals adapt techniques like ACT and CBT to work over distance so practical skills and values-based goals stay central.