Dwana Hayes, LPC

Dwana Hayes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas who brings over a decade of experience supporting people through challenging life moments. She focuses on helping clients manage depression, anxiety, relationship tensions, and major life transitions with attentive, practical guidance. As an LPC, she holds a professional license to provide mental health counseling and works with teens, adults, couples facing separation or divorce, and individuals coping with caregiver stress.

Her work emphasizes understanding each person’s unique story and the communication patterns that shape relationships. Dwana draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to create personalized strategies for parenting challenges, young adult concerns, and everyday coping needs. She aims to build a respectful, affirming space where clients can identify strengths and develop concrete skills to navigate stress and change.

Clients can expect a collaborative, client-centered approach that encourages active participation in goal setting and problem solving. Whether addressing interpersonal difficulties, parenting struggles, or transitions such as separation, Dwana combines empathy with professional insight to help clients move toward greater emotional resilience and improved functioning.

Evidence-Based Support and Flexible Online Care

Many clients benefit from skills-focused coping strategies that teach practical tools for managing stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms; these techniques emphasize identifying unhelpful patterns and building healthier responses to everyday challenges. Communication-focused work helps couples, families, and individuals improve how they express needs and resolve disagreements - this approach is useful for relationship issues, parenting concerns, and separation or divorce situations. Support for life transitions centers on problem solving and adjustment, helping clients facing caregiving demands, young adult transitions, or other major changes to clarify goals and regain balance.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Dwana collaborates with each client to determine which evidence-based methods fit their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical benefits such as scheduling flexibility and easier access to consistent care. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to choose the format that best fits their routine and comfort level while working with a licensed therapist.