Cynthia Smith, LPC

Cynthia Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and workplace or life transitions. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiving burden, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and challenges around self-esteem and purpose. She works in a warm, straightforward way and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away.

Her sessions start by listening and getting a clear sense of what matters most to each person. Cynthia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and emotionally focused ideas to help clients notice patterns, test new behaviors, and process strong feelings. She also brings mindfulness and existential perspectives when questions about meaning, aging, or end-of-life issues arise.

Across her 15 years as a counselor she has worked in community settings and private practice. That background shaped a style that mixes concrete skills with space for difficult emotions. She encourages problem-solving and small experiments between sessions to build momentum.

Cynthia is familiar with LGBT concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and complex family dynamics. She can help people address issues such as infidelity, blended family tensions, hoarding, and guilt or shame while keeping conversations practical and aimed at change.

People who choose Cynthia usually want clear goals and steady support. She invites curiosity and collaboration, and she helps clients set steps they can try between sessions to see real differences over time.

How Cynthia’s approaches translate to online care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In online sessions this might look like identifying unhelpful thinking, testing small behavior changes, and reviewing results together to adjust the plan. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience and priorities; the therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients set their own goals. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and work through strong emotions that block connection or healing, useful for relationship strain, grief, and intimacy concerns.

Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Cynthia will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit the issue, and adjust as needed. The work often blends approaches so people get both emotional support and concrete skills that match their needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit short check-ins during a busy day, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into everyday life.