Linda Acosta-Smith , LPCC, LPC

Linda Acosta-Smith is a licensed counselor with 30 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She works with individuals who feel stuck by trauma, relationship strain, or shifts in mood. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she honors each person's values and faith perspective when that matters to them.

Linda helps people build self-love and stronger communication skills. She guides practical steps to reduce isolation and to cope with chronic health challenges or blended-family stress. Sessions focus on what feels useful in day-to-day life rather than jargon or long lectures.

Her background includes extensive work with mood disorders, addictions, grief, and trauma. She uses several approaches to tailor care, including client-centered listening and techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness therapies. This mix supports both short-term goals and deeper change.

Clients can expect clear strategies for managing emotions, plus skills for coping with setbacks. Linda emphasizes resilience and teaches tools people can practice between sessions. She also integrates coaching-style guidance for career and parenting concerns.

Based in Texas, Linda holds LPCC and LPC credentials and brings practical experience to each appointment. Her aim is to help people move from overwhelmed toward steadier emotional ground using approaches that fit their life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and responding with empathy. In practice this means sessions concentrate on what the client brings, with the therapist reflecting back concerns and helping clients find their own answers.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses specific exercises to change unhelpful thought patterns and build new behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. These tools help when emotions feel overwhelming or when someone struggles with self-harm urges or unstable moods.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adapt methods based on what feels most helpful. Clients and therapist work together to decide which tools to keep using.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for deeper conversations, phone can suit lower bandwidth or quick check-ins, and text or chat can support brief questions or interim coaching. These options make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy or complex lives.