- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Motivational interviewing
About Destiny
Destiny York is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with four years of experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship challenges, grief, parenting strain, and questions about life purpose. Her work also covers career concerns, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and stress related to change.
She uses a client-centered stance to create straightforward, practical sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what matters most, and small steps a person can try between meetings. Destiny draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools to address thinking patterns, emotion regulation, and coping skills.
Motivational Interviewing appears in her approach when people are unsure about change or feel stuck. That helps clarify values and boost readiness for action without pressure. Existential ideas also shape discussions about meaning, responsibility, and choices when life transitions raise questions about purpose.
Destiny works with a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety. She addresses intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, anger, compassion fatigue, codependency, attachment and abandonment questions, and certain personality-related patterns. She also supports people dealing with adoption or foster care history and those exploring BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture.
Sessions aim to identify obstacles, build on strengths, and develop practical strategies. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To start, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. In practice this means sessions center on the client's concerns and preferred goals rather than a preset agenda. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going, using exercises and small experiments to test different ways of thinking and acting. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings run high.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That decision can shift over time as priorities change and new issues come up.
Please confirm the therapist's specific session formats before booking, because the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use tools and worksheets during or between appointments. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and DBT exercises to remote meetings so people practice skills in real-life situations and report back at the next session.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Mississippi, Louisiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What types of concerns does she address?
She works with anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, career questions, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and life purpose concerns.
How does she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She uses a client-centered style and combines CBT and motivational interviewing to identify values, reduce stuck thinking, and try small, practical changes.
What is her background and experience?
She has four years of clinical experience as an LPC working with a range of mood, trauma, and relationship concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MS LPC and LA LPC credentials and practices in Louisiana.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.