About Tina
Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Texas with 11 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Tina aims to make the first steps toward change feel doable and less overwhelming.
In sessions she keeps conversation direct and easy to follow. She creates a space where people can talk about their feelings without fear of judgment. The work often starts with practical steps to reduce symptoms and build everyday coping skills.
Background and approach
Tina draws on client-centered methods that prioritize each person's perspective and goals. She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaching skills for emotion regulation and better handling intense moments. These approaches are used to address worries, mood challenges, and patterns that get in the way of daily life.
She has additional experience with adoption and foster care topics, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Tina also supports people navigating divorce, family of origin issues, guilt, and shame. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented.
Tina helps people set short-term targets and build routines that matter to them. Her style is supportive and practical, focused on helping people make steady progress toward clearer thinking and greater calm.
How her approaches work online
Tina uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's perspective and priorities. This approach means sessions are guided by what matters to the client, with the therapist listening closely and helping people set goals that feel relevant. It works well for people who want a collaborative pace and practical solutions.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. DBT skills can help when anxiety or mood swings make daily life harder, and they translate well to remote sessions through skill coaching and practice between meetings.
Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work together. The therapist will help identify the client's needs, goals, and personal style, and then try methods that match. That makes the process collaborative and adaptable over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging suits short check-ins or ongoing support. These options let people access therapy from varied locations and fit sessions into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English