Darice Dodd, LPC

Darice Dodd is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship struggles. She is based in Georgia and speaks English. Darice aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear for each person she meets.

She uses practical, talk-based work and helps clients learn new ways to cope. Sessions focus on real-life tools for day-to-day problems like anger, parenting strain, grief, self-esteem, and ADHD-related challenges. She supports people navigating trauma, intimacy issues, eating concerns, bipolar mood challenges, and other complex situations.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance-oriented and attachment-informed ideas. She also draws on client-centered and skills-based methods when those fit the person’s goals. The process is collaborative - she listens, offers options, and adjusts the plan to match a person’s preferences and needs.

Darice has worked in varied settings across her career and brings practical experience with substance use and co-occurring concerns. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental tone in sessions. That approach is intended to help people feel heard while they try new coping strategies.

Therapy sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their availability.

How different approaches work online

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more constructive ones. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with everyday problems by teaching practical skills and structured exercises.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. It can be useful for chronic stress, avoidance patterns, and life transitions.

Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationships shape current patterns in close connections. This approach can help people who struggle with intimacy, abandonment concerns, or repeated relationship problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of working together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what methods feel most helpful, then adjust the plan over time. That collaborative process helps clients try different tools and keep what works.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or messaging can support quick check-ins, shorter skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain therapy when schedules are tight or travel is needed.