- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About May
May Kirby is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She centers the relationship with each person and focuses on clear, practical steps that fit daily life. Parents looking for guidance around stress, sleep, eating, or behavior concerns will find straightforward support and tools here.
She draws on a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and attachment-based ideas. Sessions tend to focus on what matters most to the client, and on small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but warm, aimed at making things feel more manageable between visits. May has worked in intensive outpatient settings and brings that hands-on background into her current practice. That experience shaped how she helps people cope with anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and addiction challenges.
She also supports people dealing with grief, career stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Parents may seek her help for parenting stress, concerns about intimacy or relationships, or challenges with attention and behavior. May also addresses attachment issues, codependency, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive patterns when they affect daily life.
She integrates practical strategies with attention to how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions are offered in English and May accepts international clients. She works through a subscription-based session model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, someone completes the short matching questionnaire and schedules a session according to therapist availability.
What May works with
Everything May lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else May helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches May lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting support
May uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their thoughts and values, then take small actions that match what matters to them. This approach is useful for handling anxiety, parenting stress, and worry about behavior or routines.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and to teach practical skills for changing behavior and improving sleep, eating, or mood. CBT provides clear tools for managing panic, compulsions, and everyday stressors.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. May will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adjust techniques as needed. The process is collaborative and paced to the client’s needs so strategies feel manageable and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for longer sessions and deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or quick skill practice between sessions.
Questions people ask about May
What kinds of concerns does May help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and parenting-related worries among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
May uses a collaborative, relationship-centered style that mixes acceptance, cognitive techniques, and attention to attachment patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience, including work in an intensive outpatient mental health treatment setting.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds an LPC credential and practices from South Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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