Tina Smith , LPC

Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and symptoms of depression. Tina aims to make the first step toward change feel less daunting by offering steady support and practical guidance.

Her sessions emphasize open conversation and respect. She creates a space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment. Tina listens carefully and helps clients name the problems they want to address.

Tina often uses client-centered methods that follow each person's pace and priorities. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which teaches emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings and relationship challenges. These approaches are used to address everyday stressors and deeper family and attachment concerns.

She has worked with a range of issues related to family and parenting, including adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, and family of origin difficulties. Tina also supports people dealing with communication problems, control issues, and caregiver stress. Her experience includes work with attachment issues and conditions such as autism and Asperger Syndrome.

Tina keeps her work straightforward and practical. She helps clients develop skills for handling strong emotions, improving relationships, and rebuilding self-worth. People who want an empathetic listener who offers concrete tools may find her approach a good fit.

Using Client-Centered and DBT Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy puts the client's concerns first and follows their pace. In practice this means the therapist listens deeply, reflects what she hears, and helps the client set the agenda for sessions. This approach can be helpful for people wanting a respectful, empathic space to sort through feelings and life choices.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for regulating emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness. Online DBT-style work can focus on short skills practice, coaching through emotional moments, and building routines that reduce overwhelm. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and family-related emotional challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss needs, goals, and preferences and then decide which methods to emphasize. That collaborative planning can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging suits shorter updates or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.