Dr. Tina Smith, LPC

Texas · 6 years in practice

Dr. Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who combines emotion-focused ideas with practical strategies.

License and registration

LPC, Texas: 82310 · expires August 2027
LPC, Colorado: 0018507 · expires August 2027
NPI: 1932879236 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 6
Languages: English

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About Tina

Dr. Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who combines emotion-focused ideas with practical strategies. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, and life transitions.

She works from Colorado and has six years of clinical experience. Dr. Smith emphasizes the relationship in therapy.

She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about painful feelings and confusing patterns.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on identifying emotions, improving communication, and trying small behavior changes that build relief over time. Her work often involves couples and individuals facing issues like intimacy struggles, grief, addiction, and parenting stress. She also supports people dealing with trauma, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar challenges, and concerns around gender and sexual identity.

Dr. Smith draws on practical methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thoughts and from Emotionally-Focused Therapy to track and change interaction cycles. Mindfulness skills and parts of the Gottman method are used to strengthen emotional connection and reduce reactivity.

She has experience in correctional and clinical settings and has worked with a wide range of backgrounds and life situations. That work informs a flexible approach that meets people where they are and focuses on realistic steps forward. People looking to begin can expect a collaborative process that balances listening with concrete tools.

Dr. Smith aims to help people discover their own answers and build more stable, hopeful patterns in daily life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Tina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Parenting issues
Coping with life changes
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Communication problems
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Tina names

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Online support

Emotion-focused and practical approaches for online care

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful emotional cycles between partners or within oneself. It helps people notice core emotions, name patterns, and create new ways of responding that bring more connection and calm.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and understood. This approach supports people who need space to sort feelings, build trust, and make decisions at their own pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers clear, short-term strategies to test beliefs and try different behaviors that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and handle stress more effectively.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that match each person's goals, preferences, and daily life. Together they try techniques, check what helps, and adjust the plan over time.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for deeper work and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people send updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy routines and keep consistent progress.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and many family and communication problems.

What is her general style in therapy?

The approach is relational and collaborative, using Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas alongside client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques to find practical steps forward.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of experience working in clinical and correctional settings and with diverse client backgrounds.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with credentials in Texas and Colorado and provides services from Colorado.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

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