About Lynnie
Lynnie Smith is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She creates a calm, accepting space where people can talk frankly about identity, loneliness, and self-worth. Her style is warm and collaborative.
Sessions focus on small, concrete steps that fit daily life. She helps clients build skills to cope with strong emotions and reduce unhelpful patterns such as codependency and obsessive thinking.
Background and approach
Lynnie often works with LGBTQ+ people and others seeking an affirming approach. She supports work on self-love, finding life purpose, and handling seasonal shifts in mood like Seasonal Affective Disorder. Clinically, she draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to balance practical tools with personal meaning.
Those methods are used flexibly to match each person's needs. Over her career she has guided people through trauma and abuse recovery, social anxiety, jealousy, and challenges common in young adulthood. The focus is on realistic strategies that feel doable between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them, then choose actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, depression, and finding life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like social anxiety or obsessive thinking. Client-Centered Therapy provides an accepting, nonjudgmental space where the person’s goals guide the work and the therapist listens closely to what matters most.Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with the client to figure out which methods match their goals, preferences, and daily realities. This collaborative planning helps shape practical steps to try between sessions and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for full conversations and skill practice, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or when someone prefers shorter text-based exchanges. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, travel schedules, or busy days while keeping the focus on steady progress and usable strategies.
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- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English