Julaine Smith , LPCC, LPC

Julaine Smith is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and issues related to LGBT identity. She brings 13 years of clinical experience and a straightforward approach that helps clients feel heard and understood. Julaine emphasizes the client's own strengths and choices as central to progress.

She aims to create a calm, practical space where people can talk through painful experiences. Julaine listens for how past events affect current behavior and relationships. She guides clients to identify patterns and try small, manageable changes that reduce distress.

Her background includes licensure in North Dakota and Wyoming as an LPCC and an LPC. Over more than a decade she has supported people dealing with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, panic, and mood concerns. Her work also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image, and guilt or shame.

Sessions cover practical skills for coping, clearer communication strategies, and steps toward healthier routines. Julaine helps people weigh options and set goals they can meet between sessions. She frames therapy as a collaborative effort where the client’s goals guide the pace.

People who prefer flexible contact can expect options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Julaine explains the process, answers questions, and helps newcomers complete the matching steps to get started.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Julaine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and processing difficult experiences. One common approach she draws on emphasizes identifying thought and behavior patterns and trying small experiments to change them; this helps with anxiety, panic, and mood struggles by teaching new ways to respond to stress. Another frequently used method focuses on processing past trauma and reducing its hold on daily life by carefully pacing exposure and emotional processing; this can ease symptoms of trauma and abuse and improve overall coping.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist works with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means plans can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online therapy offers practical conveniences for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls make sessions feel similar to in-person meetings, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging allow for shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or schooling routines while keeping progress consistent.