Dannette Vest, LCSW

Dannette Vest is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with 13 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and life changes. She also addresses related concerns such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and guilt and shame.

Dannette describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people notice patterns and behaviors that no longer serve them, then practices small, concrete ways to change those patterns. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps alongside talking through feelings and memories.

Her clinical work draws on evidence-based techniques. She uses Cognitive Processing Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including CBT approaches for insomnia, depression, and anxiety. These methods are mixed depending on the concern at hand.

People come to her for trauma, post-traumatic stress, relationship difficulties, and for help adjusting to big life transitions. She supports work on forgiveness, dealing with infidelity, isolation and loneliness, financial stress, multicultural concerns, and finding life purpose.

Dannette offers sessions that focus on understanding where guilt or shame came from and on practical strategies to manage those feelings. To begin, readers should confirm current session options before booking and follow the practice's intake steps to schedule an initial appointment.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care