About Claudia
Claudia Mayes is a licensed professional counselor with 15 years of experience. She approaches sessions with respect for each person's story and practical help for everyday struggles. Claudia speaks English and German and practices from Alabama.
She believes clients know their own lives best and offers guidance to build on existing strengths. Sessions focus on clear, usable skills for handling stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, or shifts in life circumstances.
Background and approach
The tone is direct and encouraging rather than clinical. Claudia draws from several approaches to tailor work to each person. That can include methods that help people notice hard thoughts, practice new behaviors, and choose values-driven steps.
She aims for tools that fit into busy days and keep progress moving between meetings. Practical concerns like sleep problems, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue are common topics. Claudia also supports people facing trauma, relationship and family troubles, body image and eating issues, and questions about life purpose.
In sessions she listens, offers straightforward feedback, and helps set small goals. The process is collaborative - goals and pace are decided together. That keeps work focused and relevant to real life.
Common therapeutic approaches used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose small actions that align with what matters. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and motivation challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. It usually involves homework and practical experiments between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help sleep problems, stress, and emotional ups and downs.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time so sessions stay useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be an easier option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, skills practice, or when regular written support fits a schedule. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, parenting, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English, German
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