Lois Durrah, LPC

Lois Durrah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, who focuses on helping people build more meaningful, balanced lives. She brings a warm, encouraging presence to her work and combines person-centered care with solution-focused strategies and inclusive cognitive behavioral techniques to help clients reconsider how they think, speak, and live.

Lois is dedicated to supporting individuals through a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career stress, intimacy-related concerns, and caregiving strain. She is especially passionate about helping clients cultivate self-love and navigate life transitions so they can pursue personal goals and find greater peace.

Her professional background includes more than 30 years working with a nonprofit organization that serves people with disabilities, experience that deepened her empathy and commitment to maximizing opportunities despite obstacles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina Spartanburg and dual master’s degrees from Liberty University in Professional Counseling and Human Services - Executive Leadership. Lois is also a Nationally Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors, a licensed minister, certified in Principles of Servant Leadership, and a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist. Her state counseling license is SC LPC 8139, with an expiration of 8/31/2025.

Clients who choose Lois can expect a collaborative, goal-oriented partnership in which she walks alongside them to process challenges, celebrate progress, and work toward practical, sustainable change.

Approach-Focused Care Delivered Online

Lois utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking patterns and the behaviors that follow. CBT is practical and skills-oriented, and it can be useful for managing anxiety, depression, stress, and related symptoms.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which emphasizes clients' strengths and concrete goals. This approach concentrates on what is working and on building short-term, achievable steps toward meaningful change, and it can be especially helpful for navigating life changes, relationship concerns, and career decisions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Lois works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to access support from wherever the client is located in the state. These options offer flexibility in scheduling and communication style, helping clients engage in consistent care while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.