Claudia Mayes, LPC

Claudia Mayes is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Alabama with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical steps people can take when life feels hard, including midlife changes, anxiety, stress, and struggles with self-esteem. Her style is calm and direct, and she treats each person as the expert on their own life.

Claudia draws on several evidence-informed approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice difficult thoughts without being ruled by them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, while Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation grounded in what matters to the client. Mindfulness and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy are also part of her toolbox when needed.

Her background includes work in the United States and Europe, which informs how she listens to different life stories. She often helps people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, parenting stress, and career uncertainty. Claudia also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and small, doable actions between meetings. She pays attention to attachment and communication patterns, blended family issues, and struggles like codependency or body image concerns. Claudia emphasizes collaboration - clients set goals and she helps map the steps.

She sees clients in Alabama and conducts work in English and German. To start, a short matching questionnaire helps pair clients with a schedule that fits their needs.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Claudia commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice and accept difficult thoughts while choosing actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for midlife transitions, anxiety, and feelings of emptiness.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another approach she draws on; it looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. Client-Centered Therapy shapes sessions around the client's own goals and pace, emphasizing listening and validation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claudia will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, and then collaborate on a plan that fits the client’s needs. That plan can include skills practice, short experiments, or values-based actions between sessions.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the exact formats available when you book since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can meet during a lunch break or between errands. It also lets the therapist and client try different pacing and homework that work in the client’s real life.