May Kirby, LPC
South Carolina · 10 years in practice
May Kirby is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 6507 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1386903680 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About May
May Kirby is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of clinical experience. She centers the relationship she builds with each person as the starting point for change. May listens carefully and helps people name what matters to them now.
She uses Existential therapy to help people face big questions about meaning, purpose, and freedom. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches to guide practical steps for handling strong emotions and improving close relationships.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered methods appear in sessions when helpful for thinking patterns and coping skills. May has a background working in intensive outpatient mental health settings. That experience shaped her focus on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and mood-related concerns like depression and bipolar disorder.
She also supports people dealing with addictions, grief, self-esteem struggles, and challenges around intimacy and relationships. Other areas May addresses include parenting strain, caregiver stress, attention-related difficulties, codependency, hoarding, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms. She works with people wrestling with life transitions, career questions, loneliness, and finding a clearer sense of purpose.
Sessions are conversational and grounded in practical steps. Clients can expect a mix of reflective discussion and skill practice tailored to their goals. May accepts international clients and meets with people from South Carolina and beyond via online formats.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything May lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate to online care
Existential therapy helps people name what matters to them and wrestle with questions about meaning, choice, and responsibility. It can be useful when someone feels stuck or is facing major life changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while taking concrete steps toward values-driven goals. It often helps with anxiety, stress, and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape current trust, communication, and emotional responses; it can help with intimacy and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to see which methods fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying ideas together, checking in on what helps, and adjusting the focus as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people share between sessions and fit brief exchanges around busy schedules.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does May address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. Additional focuses include parenting, caregiver stress, ADHD, grief, and mood or personality concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work emphasizes a trusting relationship and clear, practical steps. Sessions blend existential reflection with skills-based methods to help people make meaningful changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
May has ten years of experience, including time in intensive outpatient mental health settings. That background informs her approach to mood disorders and trauma-related care.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds a licensed professional counselor credential (LPC) and practices from South Carolina. She also meets with clients who are located internationally.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and are handled through a subscription model. Subscriptions can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin therapy?
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