About Lewis
Lewis Smith is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship strain. Lewis focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and clearer for his clients.
He keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. Lewis listens first, then helps people set small goals. He uses tools that help with panic, low mood, and difficulty managing impulses or addictive behaviors.
Background and approach
In session, Lewis often works on communication and problem-solving skills. He helps people who struggle with self-esteem, work stress, or grief to notice patterns and try different responses. Parents can get help with parenting challenges and issues that affect family life.
Lewis draws on approaches that fit each person’s needs rather than one fixed method. He uses methods that target thoughts and behavior, emotion-focused work for relationships, and solution-focused planning for immediate concerns. This keeps therapy flexible and focused on what matters most right now.
He practices in the District of Columbia and speaks English. Lewis also accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people to sessions that suit their schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy creates space for people to speak without judgment and to shape the pace of change; it helps when someone needs understanding and support to sort through feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and offers clear exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotional patterns in close relationships and is useful for improving connection and handling hurt in partnerships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what proves most helpful. Clients are invited to weigh in on what feels useful and what should change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face work when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging work for short check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or when a written record of thoughts helps someone process between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia
- Languages
- English