Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Dwayne works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Texas
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Dwayne
Dwayne Jacobs is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 16 years of experience in counseling. He has worked across settings including residential addiction programs, correctional facilities, community agencies, and school-based services. This range of work shaped his straightforward approach to problems like anger, stress, anxiety, and relationship strain.
Dwayne sees therapy as a partnership. He helps people identify areas they want to change, set clear goals, and take steps toward them.
Background and approach
He expects clients to bring honest feedback so sessions stay useful and focused. In sessions he draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. He also uses existential perspectives to help people find meaning during difficult transitions.
Mindfulness and motivational strategies are part of his toolkit for building coping skills and commitment to change. His background in addiction care and correctional work informs how he handles strong emotions and behavioral challenges. He applies practical strategies for managing anger, substance concerns, grief, and major life changes.
He also supports people facing career stress, parenting pressures, or questions about identity. Dwayne offers counseling from Louisiana and conducts sessions using telemental health methods. He encourages clients to raise questions or suggestions about the work so therapy stays tailored to their needs.
What Dwayne works with
Everything Dwayne lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Dwayne's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Dwayne lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It involves listening, reflecting, and helping people define their own goals. This approach can help when someone needs support sorting out values, identity, or relationship issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions are connected. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, which can help with anger, anxiety, and depression.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then use methods that fit those aims. That collaboration helps shape the plan and adjust techniques over time.
Online formats make care more flexible. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help therapy fit into work, family life, or busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Dwayne
What concerns does he address?
He works with many issues including anger, stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and relationship or career struggles.
What is his therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and direct. He combines client-centered listening with practical techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How long has he been practicing?
He has 16 years of experience working in residential addiction treatment, correctional settings, community programs, and schools.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with licensure in Texas and Louisiana and is based in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.