About Adrienne
Adrienne Forney helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, family conflict, and the effects of trauma and abuse. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who practices in North Carolina. Her tone is calm and grounded, aimed at people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Adrienne draws on 16 years of clinical experience to offer straightforward, practical care. She listens first and helps clients name what matters to them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, usable steps that fit everyday life rather than long lectures or jargon. Her work addresses substance use concerns including heroin, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and prescription drugs. She also helps people coping with family problems, abandonment or attachment struggles, and the fallout from divorce or domestic violence.
Chronic illness, caregiver stress, fertility worries, and body image can also be part of the conversations. Adrienne combines several therapy styles to match each person’s needs. She uses approaches that help change thought patterns, notice emotional reactions, and build skills for difficult moments.
People can expect direct guidance along with space to process feelings. She aims to create an accepting space without judgment. The focus is on practical choices clients can use after a session.
Adrienne encourages steady progress and works with people to set realistic goals they can maintain between meetings.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps when worry, avoidance, or low mood get in the way of living the life someone wants.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help people understand why they react strongly in relationships and practice different ways of connecting or setting boundaries.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Adrienne will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then combine methods that fit those needs. The plan can change as progress is made and new issues come up.
Online formats offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people see facial cues and build rapport similar to in-person sessions. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, jotting down skills, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving duties, or variable schedules while keeping the focus on steady, useful progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Languages
- English