Beth Anne Smith, LPC

Beth Anne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with eight years of counseling experience. She brings practical, down-to-earth support for people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction, and life changes. Her background includes work with mood and panic disorders, trauma, and issues around self-esteem and body image.

She uses a blend of approaches that center the person's needs. Sessions focus on clear goals, straightforward strategies, and skills people can try between meetings. Beth prefers an approachable, interactive style that invites collaboration rather than one-way advice.

Because she is hard of hearing, Beth brings both personal and professional perspective on coping with disability and on working with clients who are hearing or visually impaired. She also has experience addressing workplace stress, career transitions, and intimacy-related concerns. Practical problem solving and listening are both part of her work.

In sessions she combines cognitive behavioral ideas with client-centered listening, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix is used to help with impulsivity, addiction challenges, communication problems, and forgiveness work. The focus is on what the person wants to change and how to get there.

People who choose Beth can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental tone. She tailors session structure and treatment plans to each person’s goals. If someone is ready to explore change, she aims to meet them where they are and help plan next steps.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on respectful listening and building a trusting relationship. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects concerns back, and helps clarify goals and values. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make sense of what matters most.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and for managing stress through practical exercises and short tasks between sessions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust techniques over time. That collaborative process helps match methods to real-life challenges.

Online sessions give flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let the therapist and client work face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief updates, homework check-ins, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and different daily routines.