About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Ayers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with six years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, and life changes. He focuses on practical support for issues like depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and self-esteem. Jeffrey aims to make counseling approachable for anyone feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
He began his professional life at the United States Postal Service before returning to school to pursue mental health work.
He holds an Associate of Science from Brazosport College, an Associate of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Columbia College, a Master of Education in Counseling, a Graduate Certificate in College Student Mental Health, and an Education Specialist degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling.
Background and approach
Jeffrey has worked as a school psychological examiner and as a school counselor for students from Kindergarten through 12th grade. He completed his provisional license hours at Lincoln University, offering pro bono counseling to community members and college students. That hands-on experience shaped his straightforward, compassionate approach.
In sessions he emphasizes building a strong working relationship first. He uses an integrated method that blends mindfulness and cognitive behavioral strategies with client-centered conversation. Jeffrey also incorporates motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when they fit the person’s goals.
Clients can expect direct, practical conversations about coping skills, career choices, sleep, relationships, and parenting strain. He wants to challenge stigma about seeking help and to support people as they move toward clearer goals and healthier routines.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online sessions
Jeffrey often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person sets their goals and the conversation follows their priorities. This approach helps when someone wants supportive listening and help clarifying what matters most to them.He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical experiments to change behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and coping with stress because it gives concrete tools to test between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jeffrey works with each person to decide which methods make the most sense based on their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people practice skills and keep face-to-face connection, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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