About Tori
Tori Mays is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with seven years of clinical experience based in Louisiana. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, shame, guilt, or low self-esteem. Tori aims to create a straightforward, practical space where clients can talk through what’s weighing them down and build clearer next steps.
She most often helps with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, and life changes. Tori also pays attention to related concerns like attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, and workplace struggles.
Background and approach
Her work addresses both sudden transitions and longer-term patterns that make everyday life harder. Tori adapts her approach to each person rather than using a single formula. She listens for the problem behind the problem and blends techniques that fit the client’s goals and pace.
Sessions tend to focus on making small, doable changes that add up over time. People who benefit from her style are often ready to take an active role in the work. She encourages honest conversation about fears, control issues, and social anxiety, while also tackling topics like forgiveness, guilt, and finding life purpose.
Tori positions the client as a partner in the process. Her background includes experience with substance issues, assault recovery, ADHD and ADD concerns, and career confusion or change. She combines that experience with attention to day-to-day coping, so clients leave with practical tools and clearer direction.
How practical therapy methods work online
Many of her sessions use straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on symptoms and daily functioning. One common approach teaches skills to manage anxiety and panic by practicing breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These methods help reduce the intensity of panic attacks and make avoidance less necessary.Another approach emphasizes talking through self-image, shame, and guilt while building self-compassion and clearer boundaries. This helps people shift unhelpful self-beliefs and try kinder, more realistic ways of relating to themselves and others.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, daily challenges, and past attempts at change, then suggest techniques to try. Clients and the therapist review progress together and adjust the plan when needed.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy or unpredictable days. Video calls let therapists observe tone and expression, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for focused check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English