About Ayana
Ayana Lewis is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a person-focused, practical approach to therapy. She draws on client-centered methods and structured techniques to help people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship struggles. Ayana presents herself calmly and clearly so clients can start small and see progress.
She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness to help identify unhelpful thoughts and build steady coping skills. Sessions often include simple grounding exercises and tools to challenge negative thinking.
Background and approach
The aim is to build habits that reduce overwhelm and increase day-to-day functioning. Ayana also uses solution-focused methods to set clear, achievable goals. That can look like breaking big problems into small steps and tracking what helps.
Motivational interviewing is part of her style when people want to strengthen commitment to change. With three years of clinical experience, Ayana brings practical guidance rather than jargon. She works with adults on issues like grief, compassion fatigue, body image, and intimacy-related concerns.
She also addresses parenting stress, communication problems, and life transitions. Ayana holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices out of Georgia. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Her approach is straightforward and focused on helping people move toward clearer goals.
How Ayana’s approaches translate to online work
Ayana uses client-centered work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness practices to help people feel steadier and more effective in daily life. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what the client wants to change, which helps build trust and clear goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thinking patterns and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety or depression, such as testing unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes. Mindfulness practices are simple grounding exercises and breathing techniques that can lower immediate distress and improve focus.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Ayana collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what helps most in real life, so therapy stays practical and goal oriented.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during brief breaks, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options increase flexibility and help people keep consistent work toward their goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Georgia, Texas
- Languages
- English