May Kirby, LPC

May Kirby is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a decade of clinical experience. She centers therapy on the relationship she builds with each person and uses that connection to support change. May brings a calm, curious presence to conversations about stress, mood, and life transitions.

She draws on several practical approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, to help people manage anxiety, depression, and compulsive patterns. Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships, abandonment concerns, and caregiver stress. That mix helps when people face grief, addiction, or feelings of isolation.

May's background includes intensive outpatient mental health work over many years, where she supported people through acute and ongoing struggles. She focuses on identifying strengths, setting small goals, and building useful habits. Sessions often involve talking through experiences, trying new coping strategies, and noticing what matters most.

People commonly bring concerns about relationships, self-esteem, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, career stress, and challenges tied to aging and geriatric issues. May also works with mood disorders, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. She integrates coaching-style goal work when that fits someone’s needs.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person. To begin, readers complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability. May practices in South Carolina and provides services in English, including to international clients.

How May's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions toward those values while learning to accept uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce distress and change unhelpful habits. It often helps with mood disorders, panic, and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can be useful for intimacy, abandonment, and communication concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine approaches based on goals, preferences, and what shows results in early sessions. Clients are invited to give feedback so methods can be adjusted over time.

The original biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm available session types before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people continue care across locations, including international clients, while maintaining a consistent relationship with a licensed professional.