- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Eating disorders
About Tayona
Tayona Fraylon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor practicing in North Carolina. She uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help people facing relationship strain, grief, eating concerns, anger, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress. Tayona aims to meet clients where they are and build a plan that fits real life.
Tayona blends therapies that focus on thoughts, emotions, and values to create simple steps for daily life. She draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods to notice patterns, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to manage strong feelings.
Background and approach
These tools are presented in clear language and practiced between sessions. Her background includes five years working with people who face trauma, addictions, sleep problems, bipolar mood shifts, and challenges around intimacy and self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with caregiver stress, body image issues, and life changes like adoption or loss.
Tayona tailors conversations to each person’s situation rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions. Sessions focus on small, achievable changes: learning new coping skills, improving communication, and setting realistic goals. Tayona encourages clients to try techniques and report back about what helps and what does not.
Progress is tracked in practical ways that fit busy schedules. She lists her credential as LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to suit individual needs using video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
What Tayona works with
Everything Tayona lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tayona helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tayona lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Trauma-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.
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions that match those values. Online sessions use conversation and short exercises to translate values into day-to-day choices, which can help with stress, depression, and parenting strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and testing new ways of thinking. In remote sessions this can include guided in-the-moment practice, worksheets, and brief behavior experiments to try between meetings for anxiety, eating concerns, or sleep problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what feels useful in early sessions. That way the plan is tailored and can be adjusted as progress is tracked.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work breaks, childcare windows, or moments when a short skill practice is needed.
Questions people ask about Tayona
What kinds of concerns does Tayona help with?
She helps people with relationship strain, grief, eating concerns, anger, depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and parenting-related stress. The list also includes sleep issues, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is Tayona's therapeutic style like?
Her style is practical and conversational with an emphasis on skills practice. She combines thought-focused and acceptance-based methods to help clients try small changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Tayona has five years of professional experience working with people facing mood disorders, trauma, addictions, and a range of interpersonal concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an NC LCMHC, which is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential in North Carolina. Sessions are provided from that location.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tayona?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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