Tanya Smith , LPC

Tanya Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports those facing relationship problems, parenting strain, grief, and intimacy-related issues, and works with people from LGBT communities on related challenges.

Her style is warm and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical steps and real-talk about what is getting in the way of feeling better. She uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person rather than one fixed method.

Tanya draws on methods that help people name painful patterns and practice new ways of responding. She often combines skill-based strategies for managing strong emotions with work on attachment and values-based change. That means clients leave with concrete tools and clearer priorities.

She pays attention to life context such as caregiving demands, medical concerns, adoption or foster care histories, and workplace stress. This helps make plans that actually fit day-to-day life rather than only sounding good in session.

Tanya aims to create an affirming space for people exploring identity and major life changes. She works collaboratively with each person to set goals and track progress over time. Practical skills, steady support, and clearer decision steps are common outcomes her clients pursue.

Therapeutic Methods That Work Well Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current connections and emotional responses, helping people improve how they relate to others and manage intimacy-related challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up day to day, then recommend a mix of methods. That collaborative process makes it easier to try strategies that fit the person rather than forcing one model on every situation.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face from different places. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and provide real-time support between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical commitments.