Auslyn Thomas, LPC

Auslyn Thomas, LPC, offers a warm, down-to-earth approach to counseling that centers on the strengths clients already bring. She meets people where they are and works alongside them to build a healthier, more meaningful life. Her style is interactive and nonjudgmental, aimed at helping people take practical steps toward the future they want.

Thomas practices with an emphasis on mood and anxiety concerns, trauma, and stress-related issues. She also supports people managing grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, and identity-related stress including LGBT issues. Chronic health challenges and pain, ADHD, and compassion fatigue are also among her focus areas.

Her background includes work across community, residential, and juvenile justice settings. She has five years as a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee and broader experience in mental health that informs how she supports people. This range helps her adapt interventions to each person’s circumstances.

Therapeutic techniques she uses include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. She draws from these approaches to create a plan that fits each person’s needs and goals.

People who want straightforward, practical support for coping with life changes, stress, mood disorders, or trauma can expect a collaborative process. The focus is on building skills, using strengths, and finding concrete ways to make daily life more manageable.

How key approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take committed action toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, chronic health challenges, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing alternative skills to reduce symptoms like anxiety and panic. It often includes homework and practical tools to use between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that supports processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional impact when appropriate for the person.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then suggest which approaches or combination might fit best. That plan is revisited over time so it stays aligned with the client's needs.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins if needed, and let people meet from different locations within the same state. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, or EMDR techniques to work through stress, mood issues, grief, and coping with chronic illness in remote sessions, focusing on skills practice, symptom tracking, and in-session exercises that transfer to daily routines.