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Dr. Tina Smith

Dr. Tina Smith, LPC

Therapist in Colorado

Compassionate counselor blending relationship and skills-based work

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  • Relationship focus
  • Practical skills
  • Strengths based

About Tina

Dr. Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor with six years of experience. She practices in Colorado and brings a straightforward, relationship-focused approach to therapy. She emphasizes partnership in sessions and helps people facing depression, anxiety, and major life changes.

Her work centers on building a strong connection so clients can explore choices and patterns that shape daily life. She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are used to help calm the mind in stressful moments.

Dr. Smith also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are part of the concern. She supports people dealing with grief, trauma, intimacy issues, and addiction-related struggles. She also assists clients managing career stress, caregiver strain, and chronic illness challenges.

She has experience in clinical and correctional settings and has worked with a wide range of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. Her practice includes work related to gender dysphoria, LGBT concerns, ADHD, and bipolar mood concerns among other issues. She notes experience with complex presentations including dissociation and personality-related problems.

Dr. Smith encourages a strengths-based stance and meets people where they are. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

This summary is based on the profile information listed on BetterHelp.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client-therapist relationship and on listening deeply so clients can find their own answers; online sessions maintain that same collaborative stance and prioritize building trust even when meeting remotely.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce distress; online work can use worksheets, guided behavioral experiments, and real-time coaching to practice new skills between sessions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy targets patterns in close relationships and the emotions that shape them; over video or phone, this approach can help partners or individuals name emotional cycles and try new ways of responding.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels workable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

The biography indicates experience with online and face-to-face environments, but it does not list specific session types here. Confirm the current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time while keeping regular contact with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, intimacy and relationship issues, and many related concerns such as caregiver stress and chronic illness.

What is her therapy style like?

The approach is collaborative and relationship-centered. She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches.

What kind of experience does she have?

She has six years of experience in mental health counseling, including clinical and correctional settings and work with diverse cultural backgrounds.

What credentials and region are listed?

She holds the LPC credential and is licensed as an LPC in Texas and Colorado, and practices from Colorado.

Which languages and international arrangements are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography notes experience with online and face-to-face environments. Confirm current session formats with the therapist before booking.

How are session fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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