Davina Kavanaugh, LPC
South Carolina · 18 years in practice
Davina Kavanaugh is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the fallout from trauma.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 8126 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1295856110 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- 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 Davina
Davina Kavanaugh is a licensed professional counselor with 18 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and the fallout from trauma. She creates a calm space where clients can name what’s hard and take small, practical steps forward. Her style is straightforward and steady, aimed at people who want clear tools and honest conversation.
She blends existential thinking with evidence-based methods to help people find meaning when life feels chaotic.
Background and approach
That can look like clarifying values, learning coping skills, or practicing new ways to respond to old patterns. Sessions focus on what matters to each person and on usable strategies for daily life. Davina has worked with a broad range of concerns such as parenting stress, addiction struggles, self-esteem issues, depression, and compassion fatigue.
She also addresses attachment challenges, communication problems, body image, chronic illness, and dissociation among other areas. Her experience supports both immediate coping and longer-term change. Her toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior ideas, and a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s goals central.
Existential ideas help when clients are wrestling with purpose, loss, or major life transitions. Davina aims for sessions that are practical, relatable, and rooted in each person’s values. People meet with her to sort through big emotions, rebuild routines after setbacks, and practice clearer communication.
She works from South Carolina and conducts sessions in English. The emphasis is on helping people make choices that fit their lives and move them toward greater resilience.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Davina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Davina names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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
How her approaches translate to online care
Existential Therapy focuses on big life questions and personal meaning. It helps people who feel stuck after loss, major change, or when daily life feels pointless by exploring values and choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches ways to accept difficult thoughts while committing to actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with ongoing stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. That could mean trying skills from ACT one week and using a client-centered conversation the next. The plan adapts as progress and priorities become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow fuller interactions and body language cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on busy days. Live chat and text sessions are helpful for brief check-ins, real-time coaching, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or days when leaving home is difficult.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, addictions, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her overall therapy style?
Her style combines a client-centered approach with practical skills training. Sessions focus on values, problem-solving, and learning new ways to handle intense emotions.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
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