Theresa Smith , LPC

Theresa Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 19 years of clinical experience. She earned her Master of Arts from Oral Roberts University in 2008 and has worked across a range of behavioral, social, and emotional concerns.

Her early career focused on supporting women who survived domestic violence and sexual abuse, and that work expanded to include male survivors and, at times, men who had been perpetrators. Those experiences deepened her understanding of men's emotional needs and informed a trauma-informed approach to care. Over time she pursued specialized training in substance use treatment and has provided services in drug court and private substance abuse counseling for the last nine years.

Theresa has extensive experience helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma and PTSD, abandonment and attachment wounds, grief, shame, and anger. Her practice addresses stress, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, intimacy concerns, career transitions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also works with issues such as codependency, communication challenges, control struggles, divorce and separation, and family of origin problems.

Her therapeutic stance is client-centered, blending cognitive behavioral techniques with compassion-focused and motivational methods to help people build practical skills and greater emotional resilience. As a Christian, she offers Biblical counseling and prayer when clients request spiritual support. Theresa emphasizes respect, listening, and nonjudgmental care, and she seeks to help clients move toward healthier mental health and a more satisfying life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Theresa Smith draws on several evidence-informed approaches to help clients work through difficult emotions and life challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a practical, skills-based approach that helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new strategies for managing anxiety, depression, anger, and addictive behaviors. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating formed in early relationships and can be especially helpful for issues like abandonment, intimacy problems, family conflict, and attachment wounds. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaborative support, creating space for clients to explore values, build self-compassion, and set personally meaningful goals.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and she tailors techniques from different models to create a personalized plan that fits each person’s situation.

Online therapy makes that collaborative work more accessible. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, licensed professionals can offer consistent support while accommodating work schedules, caregiving responsibilities, and mobility limitations. These options provide flexibility to engage in therapy in ways that fit daily life while maintaining regular contact with a therapist.