Daphne Jones-Gooden, LPC

Daphne Jones-Gooden is a licensed professional counselor based in Michigan with 12 years of experience supporting individuals, children, adolescents, and families through a wide range of life challenges. She works with adults, teens, adolescents, school-age children, and family units to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, caregiver stress, ADHD behaviors, self-esteem struggles, life transitions, parenting difficulties, substance use issues, trauma, grief, anger, bipolar disorder, and relationship and family dynamics. Her practice also focuses on areas like abandonment, blended family issues, body image, caregiver burnout, domestic violence, mood disorders, obsessions and compulsions, post-traumatic stress, and the search for life purpose.

Daphne draws from evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients make practical changes and move toward their goals. She views therapy as a collaborative partnership in which clients set meaningful objectives and she provides guidance, tools, and accountability to support progress. As an LPC - which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor - she combines clinical training with practical strategies to help clients navigate transitions and build coping skills for sustained improvement.

Her approach emphasizes respectful collaboration, goal clarity, and helping clients identify strengths that foster resilience and forward movement.