Katina (Tina) Smith, LMHC

Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 26 years of experience helping people navigate relationship problems, trauma, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel approachable for someone juggling parenting, work, or recovery. Tina focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and think more clearly about next steps.

Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions often start with what feels most urgent and then move toward small, manageable goals. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered conversation to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors in everyday life.

Tina also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to address intimacy and attachment concerns. Mindfulness techniques are woven in for stress and coping skills. Motivational interviewing informs work on addictions, change, and readiness to try new approaches.

Her background includes long-term practice with adults across many concerns including grief, parenting strain, eating and body issues, bipolar mood challenges, and communication problems. She has supported people dealing with domestic violence, divorce, blended family struggles, and medical or disaster-related stress.

Tina works with people who want straightforward guidance, practical tools, and a supportive conversation to untangle painful patterns. She helps clients set realistic steps and build skills they can use between sessions.

How her approaches translate to online care

Katina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thought patterns that increase anxiety or sadness and then try small behavior changes to test new ways of reacting. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and many everyday problems where thoughts shape behavior.

She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening closely, reflecting what the person says, and supporting them as they find their own solutions. That approach helps when someone needs emotional support and a nonjudgmental space to sort through difficult feelings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time based on what helps most. Clients are involved in choosing which tools to use and how to pace changes.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or days when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities and to continue steady progress even when schedules shift.