Dr. LaShaunda Smith , LPC

Dr. LaShaunda Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Mississippi who uses clear, practical therapy to help people facing stressful life moments. She draws on eight years of experience to guide conversations about anxiety, relationships, parenting, and women's issues. Dr. Smith keeps sessions straightforward and focused on the next steps a person can take.

She favors approaches that help people identify unhelpful thinking and understand internal parts of themselves. In a typical session she listens, asks concrete questions, and suggests small, manageable changes to try between meetings. That makes progress feel more realistic and less overwhelming.

People come to her for many concerns from grief, trauma, and mood challenges to career stress and questions about identity. She also supports those coping with family problems, adoption or foster care issues, and the stress of life transitions. The emphasis is on practical coping skills and clearer thinking about choices.

Dr. Smith believes clients are the experts in their own lives and works to build on their strengths. She encourages steps that fit daily life and honors each person’s pace. Her style aims to be direct, respectful, and solution-oriented.

Sessions are offered in English and arranged to fit different needs, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. People who want to begin simply complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that works for them.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Dr. Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often focuses on small practical experiments and new habits to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change reactions to stress.

She also draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients understand different parts of themselves that hold strong feelings or beliefs. That work can make it easier to soothe inner conflict, process trauma, and respond to relationship or identity challenges with more clarity.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Dr. Smith talks with each person about goals and preferences and together they decide which methods to try first. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what feels most helpful for the client.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied needs. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family, or caregiving responsibilities and to keep momentum between sessions.