Therapist profile
Dr. Tina Smith, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Parenting
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- CBT strategies
- Emotion-focused work
- Gottman informed
About Tina
Dr. Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and Texas with six years of experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting, grief, trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and identity questions. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
She favors an integrative approach that blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. That means sessions focus on practical changes in thinking and behavior while keeping the conversation grounded in the client's priorities. She also uses Emotionally-Focused ideas and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are part of the concern.
Tina has worked in clinical and correctional settings and with people experiencing a wide range of challenges. Her experience includes supporting people dealing with suicidality, hallucinations, and severe personality differences, and working with clients from diverse cultural and identity backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.
In practice she emphasizes clear, direct conversation about what is and isn’t working at home. She helps people name patterns, try small experiments, and adjust strategies between sessions. When parenting or blended family issues are involved, she focuses on what an individual can change in their own behavior and responses.
She also has experience with sexual offender specific counseling and with partners seeking to improve communication. For someone looking to address relationship tension, parenting strain, or the emotional fallout from life changes, she combines practical tools with steady clinical experience.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the counselor listening carefully and following the client's lead. Online sessions using this approach center on what matters most to the individual and encourage practical next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and then tests new ways of thinking and behaving. Online CBT sessions often include simple exercises and between-session practice to change daily routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they decide whether to lean more on CBT techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, or a blend that fits the person's needs.
The biography says she has experience with online and face-to-face environments but does not specify current session formats. Please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy day, they can make shorter check-ins possible, and they remove travel time from a schedule. Licensed professionals can use similar practical tools online as in person to address thinking patterns, relationship communication, and parenting-related stress.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Texas, Colorado
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and related issues listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered conversations with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and emotionally-focused work to address thinking patterns and relational dynamics.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience in the mental health counseling field, including work in clinical and correctional settings.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is an LPC licensed in Texas and Colorado and is based in Colorado.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography notes experience with online and face-to-face work but does not list specific current formats. Please confirm available session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin or schedule a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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