About Cynthia
Cynthia Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and stress. She supports concerns around LGBT issues, intimacy, parenting, caregiving, career changes, and trauma. Cynthia brings a steady, practical presence to sessions and focuses on small, workable steps people can use between appointments.
She has 15 years of experience as an LPC in Pennsylvania. Her background includes work in community mental health, case management, and independent practice.
Background and approach
That experience shaped a straightforward approach to problem solving and resource use when life gets overwhelming. In sessions she aims to create an open space where clients can talk without feeling judged. She listens closely and helps people clarify what matters most to them.
Conversations often move from identifying patterns to testing simple, realistic changes. Cynthia draws on client-centered work alongside cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused ideas. She uses mindfulness and existential conversations when it fits the person’s goals.
Therapy is tailored to each person’s situation rather than a fixed formula. Many clients come with practical problems like sleep disruption, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or questions about life purpose. Cynthia helps people break these concerns into concrete steps and coping tools they can try between sessions.
Her style is calm, direct, and hopeful.
How Cynthia’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pace. It emphasizes listening, reflecting what the person says, and helping them find their own answers; this approach supports issues like self-esteem, life purpose, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses practical exercises and simple experiments to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress management.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to feelings and attachment needs in relationships. It helps people name and respond to strong emotions, which can be useful for intimacy-related issues and relationship strain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in day-to-day life.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes scheduling more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, journaling between sessions, or when typing helps people organize thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and to try different ways of communicating until the best fit is found.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English