About Corryn
Corryn Smith is a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey with more than two decades of experience. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and starts from the belief that each client knows their story best. Corryn aims to make the first step feel manageable and affirms the courage it takes to begin therapy.
She focuses on common, everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low mood, and trouble with self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also helps people manage anger, find motivation, and navigate parenting concerns. Corryn works with issues that often come up in family life and related relationships. Her work includes support for people affected by autism and Asperger syndrome and those facing social anxiety or panic symptoms.
She also helps with eating and food-related issues, communication problems, and impulsivity. Corryn addresses life purpose and the search for self-love as parts of broader mood concerns. Corryn uses conversational, skills-based methods alongside reflective listening.
She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and on client-centered ways to follow each person’s pace. Emotion-focused and mindfulness practices are woven in when helpful to manage strong feelings and stay grounded. Sessions are intended to be practical and clear.
Corryn helps people set small, doable goals and tracks progress over time. She brings 22 years of practice to help people take manageable steps toward feeling better.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist reflects what the person says and helps them explore choices and values. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, understanding presence while they sort through feelings.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, panic symptoms, low mood, and boosting motivation by setting small, measurable goals.
Emotionally-focused ideas help people notice and work with strong feelings. Where relationships or family issues are part of the struggle, this approach supports clearer emotional expression and repair of patterns that keep repeating.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools feel most useful.
Online sessions can be flexible in format and timing. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, childcare, or other routines while still using the methods described above.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English