Dr. Marie Smith, LMHC, LPC

Dr. Marie Smith helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. She writes and talks plainly about goals and next steps. Her approach is practical and aimed at small changes that add up over time.

She has 25 years of counseling experience and holds the credentials LMHC and LPC. Dr. Smith has worked in schools, hospitals, clinics, and correctional settings. That background gives her a wide view of the challenges people face at different life stages.

Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and addiction. She also addresses relationship strains, career questions, and coaching for life transitions. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, and issues tied to prejudice and discrimination.

In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and trauma-focused strategies. Conversations focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts, building steady coping skills, and practicing new behaviors between appointments.

Dr. Smith typically helps people sort through family conflict, manage impulses, and plan for school or work transitions. She emphasizes reflective thinking about how past experiences shape current reactions. Her style aims to be calm, straightforward, and goal oriented.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions help

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses to reduce anxiety or depression.

Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person's own goals. The therapist listens actively and reflects concerns back so the person can find their own solutions and build self-acceptance.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and may combine methods to match what works best for them.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into busy lives. Video is useful for a full session with visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in quickly, and text messaging can be used for brief updates or coaching between sessions. These options let people choose what fits their schedule and communication style.