Stephanie Smith, LPC

Stephanie Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 17 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma, and life transitions. Her tone is practical and grounded, and she aims to help clients build clearer coping skills and steadier emotional ground.

Stephanie uses straightforward conversations to identify what feels most urgent and what can change with steady work. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings, such as new ways to handle worry, improve communication, or manage intense moods. The goal is to make daily life feel more manageable.

Her background includes long-term work with people affected by addiction, family conflict, grief, and experiences tied to adoption and foster care. She also helps people facing sleep problems, self-esteem issues, bipolar mood patterns, and ADHD-related struggles. Stephanie’s experience spans 17 years in clinical practice across these areas.

In sessions she blends time-tested methods with attention to each person’s unique story. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape a plan that fits the client. Decisions about techniques are made together, and she adjusts the work as goals change.

People who come to her can expect a practical, collaborative process that focuses on small, manageable steps. She supports people as they practice new habits, rebuild trust with themselves, and move toward clearer choices in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches to use online

Stephanie often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors that reduce stress and anxiety. CBT breaks problems into small parts so clients can test changes and see what helps.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address patterns in close relationships and to help people name and shift emotional responses. EFT can be useful when communication problems and relationship distress are central concerns.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as people learn what works for them, and adjustments are made together.

Please confirm current online session options before booking, because formats are not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use these options to help clients practice skills between sessions and keep progress moving forward.