About Douglas
Douglas Phares is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. He has seven years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. He aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Douglas keeps sessions practical and straightforward. He tailors conversations and plans to the needs a person brings in. That can mean working on skills to manage anxiety, creating routines that help with focus, or talking through painful experiences to reduce their hold on daily life.
Background and approach
His approach draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. In session, that looks like listening closely, trying small experiments, and practicing skills between meetings. Goals are set together and revisited as needed.
Douglas has worked in counseling roles for seven years and brings that experience to everyday problems people face. He helps with issues such as panic attacks, trouble with motivation, isolation or loneliness, and problems with guilt or shame. He also supports people navigating divorce or separation and those dealing with body image or communication difficulties.
People who choose Douglas can expect a collaborative style and clear, practical steps to try. He frames progress as steady work and adjusts the plan when things change. If someone wants a therapist who listens and builds workable strategies, Douglas focuses on that process.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Douglas uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to guide online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, understanding what matters to you, and shaping sessions around your priorities. CBT helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then tests small changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.He also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, handling urges, and improving relationships. Together these approaches help people learn practical tools and build better day-to-day habits in a collaborative way. Douglas will help you decide which mix fits your goals and preferences as the work begins.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for full conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule while using approaches that focus on concrete skills and steady progress.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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