Therapist profile
Lindsay Mays, LCSW, LISW-CP
South Carolina
LCSW focused on relationships and addiction
Continue with LindsayWhere Lindsay stands
- Credentials
- LCSW, LISW-CP
- License
- LCSW, Colorado / 09926917; LISW-CP, South Carolina / 15850
- NPI
- 1871005942
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- South Carolina
About
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness skills
About Lindsay
Lindsay Mays is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker-Clinical Practice (LISW-CP) practicing in South Carolina with five years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem concerns, life changes, and a range of relationship and intimacy issues. Lindsay also addresses trauma and abuse, sleeping difficulties, anger, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She describes a client-centered way of working. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Lindsay uses mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas to help people notice what matters and what gets in the way.
Her training includes cognitive behavioral methods and skills-based approaches drawn from dialectical behavior therapy. In practical terms that can mean learning breathing or grounding practices, tracking patterns of thinking, and trying small behavioral experiments between sessions. Lindsay also brings existential ideas to conversations about meaning and life direction.
People who come for help with codependency and boundary struggles can expect direct work on communication, limits, and recognizing repeating patterns. For addiction-related concerns, conversations balance coping skills with attention to underlying triggers and values.
Lindsay aims to work collaboratively on clear goals. She favors short, actionable steps alongside reflective discussion. Sessions tend to be straightforward and task-focused when helpful, and more exploratory when someone wants to look at deeper themes.
How sessions work
How Lindsay uses ACT, CBT and client-centered work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what they value and take actions that align with those values. It uses simple exercises to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity, which can help with codependency and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. It often includes tracking thoughts, testing assumptions, and trying behavioral experiments to change patterns like people-pleasing or avoidance. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s priorities and rhythm in sessions. The therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client’s lead to build understanding and clarity.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Lindsay will discuss goals and preferences and will collaborate on which methods to use. That means sessions can shift toward skills practice, values-based action, or open conversation depending on what helps at the time.
Confirm current session formats before booking since the practitioner’s formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when useful, or remove travel time. If someone prefers skills-focused work, online sessions support sharing worksheets and doing step-by-step exercises together; if someone prefers reflective conversation, the same time can be used for deeper discussion. Licensed professionals adapt approach and pacing to match each person's needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Colorado, South Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, sleeping problems, mood concerns, ADHD, and related areas such as codependency and body image.
How would she approach people-pleasing and boundary problems?
The approach is practical and client-centered. Expect work on identifying repeating patterns, practicing communication and limits, and trying small behavior changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience as a social worker in behavioral health settings and private practice.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds LCSW and LISW-CP credentials and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the US?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time so clients pay via that model.
What do I do to start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.