Dr clay is a great person to have in your corner when it feels like the world is against you.
Demetrius Clay, LPC
Experienced mental health professional
Provides online counseling through BetterHelp
At a glance
Demetrius is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.
- 4.5 stars
- Clients are very satisfied with Demetrius. View 63 reviews
- Great news, Demetrius is accepting new clients!
- He is normally fully-booked.
- Speaks English
- Offers Telehealth visits
- Licensed in Mississippi, Nevada, and 1 more
Recent reviews
Demetrius is a fantastic listener and has thus far been a great outlet with helpful advice.
More about Demetrius
- 10 years' experience
- Male
- LPC, LCPC
My name is Demetrius Clay. I am currently 33 years old of age, and I am an African American male. I currently live in Mississippi and recently received my LPC in September 2021. I received my Masters in Psychology & Counseling in 2016 and my Educational Specialist degree in Clinical Counseling in 2019. My background is clinical mental health. I been working around clinical mental health since 2014 after receiving my Bachelors degree in Psychology. I currently work as behavioral counselor at a public middle school that serves grades 6th - 8th. I worked mostly in inpatient facilities. I worked 11 months for an outpatient facility working with children & youth & adolescents. I have worked with young adults that have depression and anxiety. I also worked with young adults that had substance usage issues. From working in the inpatient facilities, I worked with schizophrenia and bipolar clients, depressed clients, substance abuse clients, and other clients with mental disorders. My focus area is currently substances addiction, parenting issues, depression and anxiety, and LGBTQ issues.
My style of therapy is warm and opening. I am non-judgmental and honesty. My first step is to build a positive therapeutic relationship with each client. I am a calm and relaxed therapist. My goal is to touch each client and to help each client solve his or her own issue and return back to normal functioning. From working at different inpatient facilities, I was able to gain experience from working with different populations and different clients with different diagnoses. I created treatment plans for each client and completed initial intake on each client. I also have group experience with group therapy. For parent that are having issues with their children, I do have experience in parenting issues by working with parents at this particular outpatient facility and through the school district.
I am willing to meet clients halfway when it comes to receiving therapy. My schedule is flexible, and I will be flexible in order to meet others' schedule. We can have counseling sessions through "zoom" or video call, by phone, or through messaging. I am open to all communications.
Specialties
Treatment Approaches
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Licenses
Demetrius Clay's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1750047262.
- LPC · Mississippi · 2713 · Expires June 2025
- LCPC · Nevada · CP5892-R · Expires January 2026
- LPC · Texas · 96893 · Expires October 2026
About online counseling
- Affordable.
- Pay a low flat fee.
- Convenient.
- Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
- Available now.
- There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.
Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.
Reviews for Demetrius Clay
All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.
Overall rating:
Dr clay is a great person to have in your corner when it feels like the world is against you.
Demetrius is a fantastic listener and has thus far been a great outlet with helpful advice.
Fantastic. Supportive. Knowledgeable. A great help even in the short time I have been working with him. I appreciate the resources to gain a better more fruitful understanding of myself.
I lucked out with Demetrius! I have found major improvements early on by working with him, how he listens and helps me through thoughts, timely responses, and relevant worksheets. Could not ask for more and looking forward to a great long term partnership
Great therapist
I’ve worked with Demetrius just a few weeks now. He makes me feel seen, validated and heard. He’s a great listener and he’s a great responder as well. I love the worksheets he sends to me after our sessions that feel relevant to what we have been discussing. He is easy to talk to. I would highly recommend.
Has been truly helpful in understanding myself
He is kind, compassionate and he listens. I appreciate his ability to reframe and look at things from a different perspective. He also talks to you instead of at you, and for that I am grateful. He holds space in a gentle way.
Demetrius is an amazing!
He listens, actually takes good notes and knows the concerns then I’m dealing with
I've had two live sessions with Demetrius, I feel he has helped me a lot with still a lot to go through.
Demetrius is amazing. He is one of the best listeners I’ve ever known and he is always supportive and understanding. I am glad to know him!
An active listener who is honest in his feedback. I trust he is taking my needs into consideration and helping me learn to grow. Very kind and easy to get along with and talk to.
Demetrius is a great professional, very open and resourceful. He is very nice and easy to talk to, easygoing, but also a great listener but also explains and gives you different solutions or things to do to ease your problems. He also has great energy and a positive attitude.
Demetrius is great! Would definitely recommend him to anyone! 10 out of 10 for sure!
Demetrius Clay was a wonderful therapist for me. He not only set a professional environment, but a warm and friendly one as well. He made sure to check up on reoccurring issues every week and got to the root of how to handle my emotions. I came here looking for help and am leaving here feeling like myself again. Thank you a ton Mr. Clay!
Demetrius is kind and a helpful, listening ear. His disposition is charming and pleasant. He helped me stay grounded and focus on "saving the day" instead of "putting out fires" at work and reminded me of the possibilities of delegating some of the tedious work that I have to do. I highly recommend him to anyone on Betterhelp!
A really good listener with lots of feed back and wisdom
I love the experience using the online therapy system so far. Never realized how good is to have someone to talk to that is not directly in your circle. It allow me to share the things I would not normally share with my friends.
He’s a lovely chap very easy to talk to and open up to would recommend to anyone having struggles
He is extremely well-rounded
I have been thoroughly supported during and after our sessions.
Amazing, in the short time has helped in so many way. Will forever be get greatful!
The first piece of advice I got, in session one, was simple, easy, and superbly effective to manage the situation I was facing. Throughout the rest of our sessions, Mr Clay has been insightful, helpful, and considerate. He has helped me grow and become stronger.
Demetrius was so helpful for me, and in such an efficient and effective way. I engaged via live chat and was surprised at the depth and accuracy of his insights via messenger. I got great real time comments during our sessions and extremely relevant and helpful homework to work with between sessions. It’s not always easy to find support in our community, and given that I live in Australia we have even fewer resources here. Demetrius was also really flexible with scheduling and I’m so glad we could make it work. In just the first three sessions he has made a huge impact on my strength to navigate to future for myself and my relationship. Thank you!
Demetrius gives great home work and I believe is a great coach. Just not right for me in this time . Thanks Demetrius
He is a very considerate therapist. He is a great listener and support my feelings. He gives me advice with different perspectives. I recommend him to others.
I have had a great experience with Demetrius Clay he is friendly, follows up regularly and has been a great listener.
Mr. Clay is an amazing therapist. He's a great listener and does not judge your thoughts or actions, but tries to equip you with tools to handle your challenges. For anyone looking for a great therapist, Mr. Clay is your guy.
Demetrius takes a positive approach in leading the conversation and is very patient, as someone with high anxiety and tends to fall into negative thought patterns I really appreciate his help
A very attentive therapist. I can tell that he has my well-being at heart.
Such a wonderful therapist. Very kind and listens. It feels like talking to a friend. Thank you
Demetrius has been a great therapist and I always look forward to our sessions. He's very empathetic and easy to talk to. He's helped me a lot with my issues.
Wet friendly conversations, easy going, expressive and relatable
Demetrius has only ever treated me with respect and empathy. He handles my communications in a comforting but not babying manner and asks really good questions that help me think more deeply about my feelings and situation. I feel incredibly comfortable working with him.
He's great I've got to get to work
Very helpful and understanding in our current early stages with my time with him.
Demetrius is a professional. He’s timely, an expert on subject matter and experienced. Strongly recommend.
Demetrius is a great therapist. He has been very impactful with helping me to manage challenging thoughts. I feel encouraged after every session.
Demetrius has been a great help in finding resources/ reflecting on workshops together. Very positive energy to connect with.
Demetrius is easy to talk to and is very helpful!
Mr. Clay is a caring therapist. He listens, ask the right questions, and I feel this is a positive connection and has helped in my short time with him.
I haven’t had too many interactions with Mr. Clay but from what I have seen he is a great guy that is there to help. If you want someone who is there to listen to what you have to say and give constructive ideas I would definitely recommend Mr. Clay.
Demetrius is great at making you feel heard and understood and gives actionable advice to take with you every session. He’s open to hearing your own suggestions and helps you figure out what’s best for your development. Makes you feel very confident about tackling your issues and helps you understand the cause of them and potential triggers that can be worked on.
Demetrius was great! I would recommend.
So far Demetrius has been a great help, clearing my doubts and I would say my fears and at the same time, recommending some worksheets for me to read at my own time. Compared to previous therapies I went to, I definitely have a better experience and feel less pressured talking to him compared to my previous therapists.
I have been working with Demetrius for couple of months now, although still in therapy wanted to leave this review in case if anyone would find it helpful and is looking for a therapist! Definitely recommend Demetrius, I was in a much darker place when just started therapy, it’s still a long way to go. However, I feel very much supported, and uplifted after our sessions. Just feels like there is someone ‘there’ for you. Sometimes I forget I talk to a therapist, as it feels like talking to a friend. Demetrius is also very non judgemental and guides towards the right direction very gently, without pushing as some therapists do. I never felt uncomfortable talking about anything, I have food for thought after our sessions. Thank you
Awesome guy, great listener great advice love it
Demetrius applies his education and life experiences to connect with me. Seems authentic and transparent. Enjoy working with him. Very greatful for this service
Didn't think I needed help. But after talking to Mr. Clay, I've realized that I did need the help and im so glad I got it.
He’s awesome
Demetrius helped me get back on my feet. He is very attentive and offers practical advice. He is a great listener and makes me feel heard. He cares about his clients and is very concerned about their development. I recommend Demetrius very highly.
Demetrius has been consistent with me and I feel that my mental health is much better by meeting with him.
He’s a great therapist and is really good at making you feel comfortable and heard. Highly recommend.
Listens and responds with good suggestions. Has understanding responses and follows up with me to see how things are going. A feeling of my best interest in hand
Demetrius has been a stabilising force in my life lately, the safest no–judgment environment that he creates during the sessions was key to unravel most of my concerns, make them digestible and work on them. He listens very carefully and picks up the points we need to revisit, helps develop strategies to cope and encourages you to get back on track with your life.
Demetrius is perfect for someone who wants to be heard, have honest feedback, feel supportive and validated in a warm approach. He’s made me realized the things that I was missing in front of me and my time with him has been valuable.
Very patient and kind
One of the most kind and understanding therapist out that. Thanks to Demetrius Clay for helping me. I highly recommend his therapy sessiona!
Demetrius is a great listener and he knows what to focus on when I tell him what my concerns are.
Thank you so much Doctor Clay. I have been suffering from anxiety and depression for the past few weeks and I only got better because of your advise. With your help, I am now able to go home and I feel less anxious these days. You have played a major role in helping me find out what I really need and helped me work towards it. Thank you so much again.
I have had three successful sessions with Demetrius and I will continue working with him. He is patient and most of all open, I feel at ease when sharing and talking to him, I trust him. And that’s been key for me: trust. Thank you, Demetrius!
Demetrius has been pivotal in me identifying causes of my anxiety, and gave me advice and steps to take in order for me to move forward. He is kind, listens, and I feel comfortable around him. Thanks
Frequently asked questions
Does Demetrius Clay offer telehealth visits?
Yes. Demetrius Clay works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.
What language(s) does Demetrius Clay speak?
Demetrius Clay speaks English.
How many years of experience does Demetrius Clay have?
Demetrius Clay has 10 years of experience.
Where is Demetrius Clay licensed to practice?
Demetrius Clay is licensed to practice in Mississippi, Nevada, and Texas.
Does Demetrius Clay accept clients outside of the United States?
Yes, Demetrius Clay accepts clients outside of the United States.
Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?
Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."
What treatment approaches does Demetrius Clay offer?
Demetrius Clay offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
How can I communicate with Demetrius Clay?
Demetrius Clay can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.
How do I get started with Demetrius Clay?
Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.
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