Adrienne Forney , LPC, LCMHC

Adrienne Forney is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, family conflict, and trauma. She brings 16 years of clinical experience and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

She uses a warm, empathetic style that aims to make people feel heard. Sessions are offered in English and Adrienne works with adults in North Carolina. Her licenses include LPC and LCMHC which reflect her professional standing in the region.

Adrienne draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's situation. That can mean using cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts, acceptance-based skills to manage persistent pain or emotion, or attachment-focused work to address relationship wounds. She emphasizes useful strategies over jargon so people leave sessions with clear next steps.

Her work also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, substance use, and communication problems. She aims to support people through divorce, fertility struggles, family problems, and recovery from domestic violence.

Adrienne describes the first session as a chance to set goals and build a plan. She prioritizes creating a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk openly and start making changes that fit their daily lives.

Approach-focused care through online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, chronic pain, and persistent stress. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, which can help with abandonment, codependency, and communication problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and is useful for depression, anxiety, and many everyday struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Adrienne will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying practical tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping consistent progress.