About Lois
Lois Durrah is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people change how they think and live. She uses plain, practical strategies to reduce stress and quiet anxious thoughts. Lois writes in a warm, encouraging way and aims to walk alongside each person who seeks help.
Her work centers on practical problem solving and short-term goal setting. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Solution-Focused Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small, doable steps that fit into daily life. Lois brings three years of clinical experience as an LPC in South Carolina. She also has long experience working for a nonprofit serving people with disabilities, which shaped her focus on opportunity and resilience.
That background informs how she supports people through grief, caregiver stress, and life transitions. Lois holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina Spartanburg and dual master’s degrees in Professional Counseling and Human Services-Executive Leadership from Liberty University. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor and holds the LPC credential in South Carolina.
In sessions she aims to create a welcoming space to talk things through, test new ways of thinking, and track progress. She supports concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship worries, self-esteem, grief, career stress, and the strain of caregiving.
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Lois uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change patterns of thinking that feed anxiety and low mood. In plain terms, CBT involves finding thought patterns that cause distress, testing whether they are accurate, and practicing new ways of thinking that lead to different behaviors.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, manageable goals. This approach looks for what is already working, then builds on small changes. It is helpful for people who want focused, practical steps for stress, career choices, relationships, or caregiver strain.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Lois will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Together they check progress and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls let someone use body language and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging offer short, ongoing support between sessions and can fit into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
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- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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