About Fulani
Dr. Fulani Doughty uses client-centered care as the starting point in sessions. He listens first, then helps people set practical goals.
Dr. Doughty is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of experience and brings a calm, direct style to conversations about stress, anxiety, addiction, parenting, and relationship concerns. He works with people facing mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder, as well as attention challenges such as ADHD.
Background and approach
He also supports those dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and self-esteem issues. Practical skills and clear steps are part of his approach so clients leave sessions with something to try. Dr.
Doughty blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques. That means he helps people notice thought patterns, learn small changes that alter behavior, and practice present-moment skills to reduce reactivity. Existential ideas are woven in when clients want to talk about meaning, values, or life direction.
His background includes work in clinical mental health and rehabilitation counseling, plus experience in public education and school counseling. That mix informs his focus on adoption and foster care, attachment and blended family issues, caregiver stress, and fatherhood concerns. He also addresses substance use and co-occurring conditions such as dual diagnoses.
Sessions are offered from Georgia and are conducted in English. Dr. Doughty meets people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that fits their needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. Online sessions begin with the therapist asking about immediate concerns and goals, then shaping each session around what the person needs that day. This approach is helpful for stress, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and general adjustment issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. In remote work, CBT often uses short exercises between sessions, thought records, and targeted skill practice to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and tackle sleep or anger problems.
Mindfulness techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase focus. These skills are used in session and as brief daily practices people can do between meetings to support ADHD, anxiety, and mood regulation.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then suggest ways to combine methods. Clients and therapist check in regularly and adjust strategies as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and teaching exercises. Phone sessions can fit a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can serve as brief check-ins and support between longer sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English