About Raylissa
Raylissa Batten uses client-centered and evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, based in Tennessee with 18 years in the mental health field. She believes people bring strengths that help them move through hard times and she meets them where they are.
Her work emphasizes practical, real-world skills. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps people can try between meetings.
How Raylissa works
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. Mindfulness practices and acceptance strategies are used to help people tolerate difficult feelings without getting stuck. Raylissa also uses dialectical skills to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance.
Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure how to change. The client-centered stance means she listens first and shapes next steps around each person's values and priorities. She has supported people through issues related to abandonment and attachment, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, blended family and family of origin concerns, and communication or commitment problems.
Other focus areas include body image, codependency, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Sessions are intended to feel collaborative and down-to-earth. Raylissa works with each person to build skills, clarify goals, and track progress.
She encourages practical strategies that fit everyday life and priorities.
Raylissa lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Raylissa works with
The areas below are the ones Raylissa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while moving toward what matters to them. It uses simple exercises and values-based goals that adapt well to video or messaging work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to change patterns. This approach often uses concrete tools and homework that fit into daily routines and remote sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and collaboration so the person shapes the pace and goals. That stance helps therapists respond to each person's needs whether meeting by video, phone, chat, or text.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is revisited over time as progress is made or priorities change.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping a steady course of support.
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