Lisa May, LPC

Lisa May is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 18 years of clinical experience. She brings a down-to-earth approach and treats each concern with seriousness and respect. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, addictions, and relationship challenges, including midlife transitions.

Lisa draws on a mix of practical techniques and listening skills to help people find clearer ways forward. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to the person in the room. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of feeling better.

Her approach also includes mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and Solution-Focused Therapy for setting realistic short-term goals. Lisa incorporates Jungian ideas when exploring personal meaning and life patterns for deeper self-understanding.

Clients can expect straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and collaboratively set goals. Sessions focus on developing coping tools, improving communication, and managing strong emotions like anger or grief. She also supports people facing family and parenting strains, caregiver stress, and life changes tied to aging or health issues.

Lisa has a background in social work that dates back to 1996 and maintained a private practice in Kentucky before relocating to Tennessee. That experience shaped her practical, hopeful style and commitment to long-term growth. She aims to help people move from feeling stuck to making sustainable changes.

How Lisa’s Approaches Fit Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person’s lead and building a trusting working relationship, which helps when people need a space to talk through tough choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower reactivity and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Lisa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they match what feels useful and realistic for daily life.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for flexible check-ins during a workday or caregiver break. They can also let people use phone-only or lower-bandwidth options when video is difficult. The focus remains on usable tools, clearer communication, and steady progress rather than on a single method.