About Ray
Ray Woods is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses a respectful, practical approach. He blends listening with goal-focused work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Ray has 16 years of experience and holds LCMFT and LMFT credentials in Oklahoma.
He starts by hearing where someone is now and what matters most to them. Conversations are tailored so clients can tackle concerns at their own pace.
How Ray works
Sessions focus on usable tools for mood, confidence, and everyday coping rather than abstract theory. Ray draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past patterns influence current relationships. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new responses.
Emotionally-focused and Gottman-informed work guide conversations about connection and communication in close relationships. His background includes helping with trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, divorce and separation, caregiver stress, and blended family issues. He also supports people dealing with loneliness, obsessive thoughts, control struggles, and problems tied to intellectual disability or military service.
Sessions are conversational and straightforward. Ray aims to make change feel achievable by setting clear, manageable steps. He encourages people to move at a pace that feels right while building skills to handle setbacks and keep progress going.
Ray lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Ray works with
The areas below are the ones Ray selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCMFT, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online connection
Ray often blends attachment-based work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people improve relationships and manage mood. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current ways of relating and can help when connection or trust feels difficult. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Ray will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. Treatment can shift over time when different tools are needed, and the therapist and client decide together what to try next.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and reading body language, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people access regular support around work, family, or travel schedules.
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