Davina Kavanaugh, LPC

Davina Kavanaugh is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of clinical experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the effects of trauma. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She creates a calm space where people can name what feels hardest and try small changes. Sessions often focus on skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and rebuilding self-worth after difficult experiences. She also supports people facing parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to addiction. Davina uses a mix of approaches drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered work. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new behaviors, and clarify what matters most to them. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical approaches also appear when emotion-regulation or distress tolerance is needed. Her work aims to make daily life more manageable. She helps clients build resilience, set realistic goals, and make steadier choices under stress. Practical coping tools are paired with conversations about values and long-term direction. Davina practices in South Carolina and brings a patient, down-to-earth manner to sessions. She invites people to take small steps toward change and supports them as they test what works. Those who want to start can use the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people get clearer about what matters and take committed steps toward those values, even when emotions are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being listened to without judgment and shaping the work around each person's goals and pace.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Davina will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps make sessions practical and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking. The therapist can explain which formats she offers and help match session length and frequency to your life. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so more consistent work can happen. Talk with the therapist about what will work best for scheduling, communication, and the kinds of skills you want to practice.