Adrienne Forney , LPC, LCMHC

Adrienne Forney is a licensed counselor serving clients in North Carolina and South Carolina with 16 years of clinical practice. She works with adults facing stress and anxiety, struggles with substance use and behavioral addictions, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and communication difficulties.

Adrienne has particular experience supporting people who have been incarcerated and those navigating divorce, domestic violence, fertility challenges, and co-occurring conditions. Her counseling style is warm and empathetic, focused on helping individuals build resilience and identify meaningful change. She fosters an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly and practical coping skills can be developed.

Adrienne integrates evidence-informed approaches to tailor treatment to each person’s needs, drawing from methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She holds the credentials LPC and LCMHC - LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor and LCMHC stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - and maintains licensure in South Carolina and North Carolina (SC LPC 8782, NC LCMHC 12276).

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Adrienne Forney uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify personal values and take committed action even when difficult emotions are present - this approach can support work on anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She also applies Attachment-Based Therapy to explore patterns in relationships and how early connections influence current attachment, which is helpful for abandonment, relationship difficulties, and family conflict. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, making it useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with substance use.

Finding the right combination of methods is part of the therapeutic process. Adrienne collaborates with each person to determine which approaches fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow people to connect with licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations. These options can make scheduling easier, support continuity of care during busy periods, and broaden access to consistent therapy when in-person visits are not possible.