Tanya Smith, LPC
South Carolina · 15 years in practice
Tanya Smith, LPC focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, South Carolina
- 7676 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1952959280 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Tanya
Tanya Smith, LPC focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns. She also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career change, and challenges with self-esteem. Her approach aims to make therapy feel understandable and practical for everyday life.
Tanya keeps sessions straightforward and warm. She listens for what matters most, then helps people name feelings and notice patterns that get in the way. Together, she and the client try small, doable steps that build coping and emotional clarity.
Background and approach
She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to deepen awareness of core emotions and attachment needs. Tanya also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to examine unhelpful thoughts and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people make values-based choices. These methods are used side by side to match what each person needs.
Over 15 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor has shaped her clear, practical style. Tanya pays attention to cultural background and identity when those issues affect emotional life. She aims to make sessions respectful and relevant to each person’s situation.
Sessions are aimed at creating manageable change rather than quick fixes. Tanya helps clients develop communication skills, set boundaries, and cope with long-term stressors like caregiving, chronic illness, or workplace burnout. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s readiness.
People who want straightforward emotional work will find a mix of listening, skill-building, and reflective exploration. Tanya encourages realistic goals and follows up with homework or brief practices to use between sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tanya lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tanya names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How key approaches translate to online therapy
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name strong emotions and attachment needs. Online sessions using EFT focus on the moment-to-moment feelings that show up in relationships and personal patterns, which can help with grief, intimacy concerns, and attachment issues.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes values and small actions. In remote sessions this can mean setting simple experiments or daily practices to build flexibility and reduce getting stuck on anxious thoughts. ACT often helps with stress, chronic worry, and life transitions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current connection styles. Working online, a therapist and client can map patterns and rehearse new ways of relating that improve communication and reduce repeated hurts.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose approaches that match goals and preferences. That decision is revisited as therapy progresses so methods stay useful and relevant.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief, on-the-go support and are useful for tracking progress between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
Tanya supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and anger. She also works on relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, and body image issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct. Sessions focus on listening first, then trying practical steps and emotional reflection.
What is her background and experience?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges. That experience informs a straightforward, skill-focused approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Tanya offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
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