About Davina
Davina Kavanaugh is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on clear, practical steps people can use right away. Her approach feels direct and human, aimed at easing daily strain and restoring balance.
She works with people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. She also supports those coping with parenting stress, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
Davina pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and patterns. Her sessions often center on learning skills to manage overwhelming thoughts and emotions. She draws on tools that help people notice patterns, test unhelpful beliefs, and try new behaviors.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Davina uses therapies that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy. These approaches guide practical exercises, mindfulness practices, and reflective conversation depending on what the person needs most.
She practices in South Carolina as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. People who want an approach that combines hands-on skills with thoughtful reflection may find her style useful. The focus is on making changes that hold up in everyday life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing inner experiences and committing to actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, stress, and making life changes by teaching practical ways to act despite difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses simple exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and trouble with everyday coping. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) blends emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills training to reduce overwhelm and improve communication in stressful moments.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Davina will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then tailor methods from these therapies. The process is collaborative, with regular check-ins to make sure techniques feel helpful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited travel time. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates, try smaller skills between sessions, and keep momentum when time is tight. These options help fit therapy into real life while using the same therapeutic tools practiced in traditional sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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