About Dennis
Dennis Patrick Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, trauma, and depression. He writes in a direct, respectful way and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. Dennis emphasizes empathy and clear communication in sessions.
With seven years of experience, he shapes therapy to match what a person needs now. He uses a mix of methods including acceptance-based work, attachment ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive approaches, and existential perspectives.
Background and approach
This allows him to address emotional pain, problem thinking, and difficult life questions. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Dennis will listen first, then help set short-term goals and manageable actions.
He aims to make therapy useful between sessions with homework and real-world strategies that are simple to use. People bring many concerns including grief, anger, intimacy issues, self-esteem problems, career stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness coping, and addiction recovery. He also works with stress from disasters, first responder issues, and challenges tied to aging or cancer caregiving.
Dennis prefers to work collaboratively and adjust approaches as progress is made. He encourages honest feedback and checks in about what is helping. His practical style is meant to empower people to make steady changes in everyday life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills to change them. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape trust and connection, and it can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and relationship patterns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to goals and try an approach that fits those needs. Together they will adjust the plan based on what is helpful, combining methods when that makes sense.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls let people work face-to-face when schedules allow. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text sessions are useful for shorter check-ins, daily support, or when writing feels clearer. These options help fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel without losing therapeutic focus.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English