Kamay Gaboda
Practical, experienced clinician for trauma and addiction
LCMHC, LPC North Carolina
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, LGBT
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Kamay
Kamay Gaboda is a licensed mental health clinician and supervisor with two decades of clinical experience in trauma, substance use, and addiction treatment.
Background and approach
She blends evidence-informed strategies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients address stress, anxiety, depression, addictive behaviors, and relationship concerns. Her background includes work in residential and outpatient settings, and she has led individual, couples, and group interventions in community mental health and specialty substance abuse programs.
Throughout her career Kamay has supported people facing co-occurring difficulties like panic, mood instability, PTSD symptoms, obsessive behaviors, and challenges related to separation or family conflict. She also maintains a focus on areas such as abandonment issues, personality-related concerns, kink and alternative sex culture, and forgiveness work.
As a clinician she emphasizes a collaborative therapeutic relationship, adapting methods to fit each person’s goals while drawing on modalities like CBT, acceptance and commitment strategies, dialectical skills, and EMDR when appropriate. Based in North Carolina, Kamay holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and aims to guide clients toward practical skills and meaningful change through tailored, goal-oriented care.
Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care
Kamay often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress; CBT focuses on the link between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and helps people build concrete coping strategies. She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which emphasizes values-driven action and mindfulness to reduce struggle with difficult thoughts and feelings and to support committed steps toward meaningful life goals.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to explore which methods fit their needs and preferences, adapting techniques over time so that goals and strategies remain aligned with the client’s priorities and progress.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent care from North Carolina without commuting, and allow the therapist and client to maintain momentum between visits through messaging and varied session formats.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Licensed
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Connecticut, Tennessee
Languages
English