About Claudia
Claudia Mayes is a licensed professional counselor who aims to support people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions. She speaks English and German and brings 15 years of practical experience from work in the United States and Europe. Claudia writes plainly and works to create a calm, respectful space where a client’s own strengths guide the work.
Her approach focuses on helping people build skills that make daily life easier.
How Claudia works
She uses evidence-based methods to address sleep problems, grief, parenting pressures, and compassion fatigue. Claudia also helps with relationship and communication problems, career stress, anger, and coping after trauma or loss. Claudia draws on several therapy styles to tailor sessions to each person.
She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening and mindfulness practices. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when people need help managing strong emotions and improving relationships. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented.
Claudia helps people notice patterns, try small changes, and practice new ways of responding between sessions. She pays attention to family dynamics, attachment concerns, body image, codependency, and blended family issues when those topics matter. Claudia holds an AL LPC credential, which is a licensed professional counselor credential in Alabama.
Her background includes work across different cultural settings, and she frames therapy as a collaboration where the client’s priorities lead the way.
Claudia lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Claudia works with
The areas below are the ones Claudia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, German |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
How Claudia's approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms like low mood or worry. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Claudia will talk with a client about goals, preferences, and the challenges they bring, then suggest which methods to try. The process is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, in-the-moment coping, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills between sessions.
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