About Lisa
Lisa May is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 18 years of experience in mental health work. She is down to earth and takes people’s concerns seriously. Lisa helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and addiction.
She focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. She spent earlier years in social work beginning in 1996 and moved into counseling work in 2002. Lisa ran a independent practice in Kentucky before relocating to Tennessee where she continues to provide care.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work with mood concerns and trauma-related issues. In sessions she keeps the conversation straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set small goals they can manage.
She uses methods that fit the person rather than a single rigid approach. That can mean working on thought patterns, building coping skills, or using mindfulness exercises. Lisa also addresses relationship stress, parenting strain, family conflict, and life transitions.
She can help with anger, feelings of emptiness, and the stresses that come with caregiving or serious illness. Her aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Clients can expect a practical, calm style and an emphasis on skills they can use daily.
Lisa values honest conversation and steady support as people work toward clearer thinking and more stable mood. She continues to learn from each person she sees.
How Lisa's Methods Translate to Online Work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps shape goals that feel realistic. This approach helps when someone needs steady support for anxiety, grief, or relationship stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete skills. People learn to spot unhelpful thinking, test it, and try different behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Lisa will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans can be adjusted as work progresses so methods match what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people see nonverbal cues and hold longer conversations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people use the format that best fits their daily life.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Lisa address in therapy?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her clinical experience?
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
What session formats does she offer online?
How is cost handled for sessions?
What steps are needed to begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.