Darlinda Banda , LPC

Darlinda Banda is a licensed counselor with more than eight years of clinical experience working with children, adults, and families. She holds credentials as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor (LPC-S), a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor (RPT-S), and a National Certified Counselor (NCC) - credentials that reflect training in clinical counseling, play-based approaches for young clients, and national certification standards. She is licensed in South Carolina and North Carolina and provides supervision for clinicians pursuing their LPCI credentials.

Darlinda has supported people facing a broad range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, oppositional behaviors, parenting and relationship challenges, and issues related to foster care and adoption. She also works with survivors of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and with individuals processing trauma and family-of-origin difficulties. Her additional focus areas include abandonment, forgiveness work, and identity issues that arise from adoption and foster care histories.

Her counseling style is warm, interactive, and sometimes playful when appropriate, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She emphasizes each person’s inherent worth and considers factors that can underlie persistent difficulties, including nutritional influences. Clinically she blends client-centered approaches with cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational methods, and dialectical behavior strategies to tailor care to each person’s needs. Prospective clients can schedule a time to talk by selecting a day and time on her calendar or by reaching out if available times do not match their needs. Darlinda looks forward to supporting those ready to take a step toward greater well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Counseling

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist listens and follows the client’s lead to foster self-awareness and personal growth. This approach is helpful for people working through relationship issues, self-esteem concerns, and the emotional impacts of trauma.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and learning practical strategies to change behaviors and emotional responses. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns and can be adapted to address parenting challenges and ADHD-related skills.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines acceptance and change strategies to build skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT techniques can support those with intense emotions, mood instability, or difficulty managing reactions in close relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences, then tailors techniques from these approaches to create a practical plan that fits the individual.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to access licensed professionals from different locations and to fit sessions into a busy schedule. These options support continuity of care and allow therapists to adapt methods to what works best for each person.