About Kamay
Kamay Gaboda is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and relationship concerns. She practices in North Carolina and brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. Kamay speaks English and draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to match each person's needs.
Kamay focuses on clear, doable steps people can use between meetings. She listens first, then suggests strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to reduce distress and build coping skills.
Background and approach
For people facing substance use or addictive behaviors she combines motivational approaches with relapse prevention work. Her background includes work in community mental health centers and personal addiction treatment settings. That experience includes individual work, group therapy, and some couple-focused interventions in clinical settings.
Over the years she has supported people dealing with trauma, panic, mood shifts, and relationship breakups. In sessions Kamay emphasizes a strong working relationship and practical skill-building. She helps clients set realistic goals and track progress.
Exercises may include mindfulness practices, behavioral experiments, emotion regulation skills, and focused conversations about values and commitments. People can expect straightforward language and a focus on what helps day to day. Kamay uses what fits each person's goals rather than a single method.
She aims to make therapy useful and manageable for busy lives.
Online approaches that combine skills and values
Kamay often draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about current struggles, goals, and what methods feel most helpful. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize values, thought work, emotion regulation, or a mix of techniques in a collaborative way.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, homework discussion, or ongoing coaching between appointments. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or unpredictable schedules.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Connecticut, Tennessee
- Languages
- English