Donavon Kirby, LCPC, LCMHC
North Carolina · 20 years in practice
Donavon Kirby is a licensed counselor with two decades of hands-on experience helping people work through day-to-day struggles.
License and registration
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 4712 · expires June 2026
- LCPC, Nevada
- CP5672-R · expires January 2028
- NPI
- 1609924729 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Donavon
Donavon Kirby is a licensed counselor with two decades of hands-on experience helping people work through day-to-day struggles. He holds the Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential and the Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential and is based in North Carolina. He focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
He tries to make sessions easy to talk in. He listens without judging and often uses a bit of humor to ease tense moments.
Background and approach
Many clients look to him for straightforward guidance when stress and anxiety feel overwhelming. His background includes work in mental health agencies, personal counseling practices, and colleges. That variety shaped a flexible style that blends counseling and coaching.
He helps people identify what’s behind a problem and then plans concrete next steps. Common concerns he addresses include relationship strain, career struggles, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, and trauma. He also helps with sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, attention-related concerns, and mood issues such as depression and bipolar symptoms.
Donavon uses several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on client-centered techniques to build trust, cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals. He aims to support clients as they try new ways of coping and measuring progress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Donavon lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Donavon names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building a trusting conversation. It helps when someone needs a calm space to talk through feelings and make sense of personal experience.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence mood. It uses hands-on techniques to change patterns that feed anxiety, depression, procrastination, or low self-esteem.
Solution-focused therapy emphasizes setting small, achievable goals and trying specific steps between sessions. It is useful for people who want clear, short-term progress on problems like career decisions, test anxiety, or relationship communication.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative process can change over time as needs shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and hold deeper conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, family, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist address?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and career problems as well as grief, trauma, addictions, sleep and anger issues.
How would you describe his therapy style?
He blends counseling and coaching, keeps conversations straightforward, listens without judgment, and offers practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does he have?
He has 20 years of professional experience across agencies, independent practice, and college settings.
What are his credentials and location?
He holds the LCPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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