About Dionne
Dr. Dionne Crosby Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on common, everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, and addiction.
She encourages people to use their own strengths while she offers steady support during hard moments. She believes clients know their stories best and builds on existing strengths. Sessions aim to be practical and goal‑oriented, with simple tools people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Dr. Smith uses straightforward language and concrete strategies rather than jargon. Her work pays attention to life events that can unsettle people, including natural or human-caused disasters and military-related concerns.
She also makes space for multicultural perspectives and the specific stressors young adults often face. Phobias and relationship stressors tied to anger or substance use are included in her focus areas. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, one of her main approaches, helps break down unhelpful thoughts and habits into manageable steps.
She adapts techniques to each person's needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan. The goal is steady progress and practical coping skills. People who choose Dr.
Smith often want clear strategies, a collaborative tone, and a counselor who recognizes cultural and life-event context. She offers services in English and works with international clients when format and scheduling fit. Starting is a simple process that begins with a short matching questionnaire.
How CBT and online sessions help everyday problems
Dr. Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a main tool. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and gives simple steps to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and stress-related problems.She emphasizes a clear, collaborative approach to choosing techniques. The therapist will work with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and daily life, adjusting them as progress is made. Figuring out the best approach is part of how she works together with clients.
Online therapy makes those approaches more flexible. Video calls let people have real-time conversations and use visual cues, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed, live chat can be useful for shorter exchanges during the day, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats can help people fit therapy into busy schedules, reach practitioners across distances, and continue work when travel or time constraints would make in-person visits hard.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English