About Dion
Dion Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and related challenges. He uses practical strategies and straightforward conversation to help people take the next step when life feels overwhelming. He draws on about ten years of counseling experience and earlier work in school psychology.
That background gave him time supporting people through trauma, substance use concerns, and major life transitions.
Background and approach
He also has experience working with service members on military life stresses and returning to civilian life. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change. He listens first, then outlines simple, achievable steps.
Common tools include goal-setting, thought work, and skills practice people can use between sessions. Mindfulness and experiential exercises are introduced when they fit the client's needs. For trauma-related concerns he may integrate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, paired with cognitive-behavioral techniques to help process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily life.
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are central goals. He also offers assessment and referral guidance when additional services are needed. The approach is collaborative and pragmatic, focusing on real-world changes and clear next steps.
Dion aims to make the work feel manageable from the first conversation.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and can move toward their own goals. It emphasizes understanding the person's perspective and tailoring the work to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches practical techniques to change them, which helps with anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused approach that uses guided processing to reduce the intensity of disturbing memories and related reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well when visual cues and a more traditional session feel are helpful. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow ongoing contact and brief check-ins between longer sessions. These options help people access care more flexibly across Texas and make it easier to keep momentum on goals.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English