Claudia Mayes

Claudia Mayes is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 15 years of clinical experience in the United States and Europe. She begins by listening to what matters most to each person and helps them build on existing strengths. Claudia aims to make first steps feel manageable for someone who may be nervous about starting therapy.

Claudia uses practical strategies drawn from evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. She also supports those coping with life changes, grief, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, and career concerns. Sessions are focused on identifying small, doable changes that add up over time.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns, try new responses, and practice skills between meetings. Mindfulness-based exercises and cognitive tools are used to reduce overwhelm and increase everyday coping.

Claudia also addresses relationship and family concerns at the individual level, including attachment issues, blended family challenges, communication problems, and forgiveness work. She works with issues around parenting, body image, codependency, and eating-related concerns in a straightforward way.

She offers services in English and German and brings experience from multiple cultural settings. If someone wants to begin, they are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How Claudia’s approaches work online and in session

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose meaningful actions anyway. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and issues like anger when values and committed action matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers practical exercises to change them; it can help with depression, sleep problems, and everyday coping.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Claudia will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, see what helps, and adjust the plan over time so the work remains useful and realistic.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help maintain continuity when life changes or work demands make in-person visits difficult. Licensed professionals can guide practical skill practice between meetings so therapy changes translate into everyday life.