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Online therapist

Anastasia Smith-McEwen

Practical support for families and parenting challenges

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
11 years
Licensed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Anastasia

Anastasia Smith-McEwen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi. She focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. She uses straightforward language and practical steps so parents can understand options quickly.

She draws on 11 years of experience in community settings. Her background includes home-based foster care work, crisis counseling at a mental health center, and therapy in an acute inpatient facility.

Background and approach

Those roles involved children, adolescents, and adults facing a range of mental health issues. In sessions she mixes approaches to suit each family. Techniques include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness Therapy.

She helps families identify small changes that can make daily life more manageable. Therapy may include individual work, family meetings, or group sessions depending on needs. She aims to teach coping skills, improve communication, and reduce stress in practical ways.

Parents often leave with concrete strategies to try at home. Anastasia says her work is driven by a desire to give people tools for hard moments. She emphasizes collaboration and clear goals.

That plain approach helps families and caregivers focus on the next steps they can take.

Approaches you can use in online family and parenting work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the family's lead. It helps when parents or children need a nonjudgmental space to talk and make sense of feelings.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches practical exercises that reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns in daily family life.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and calm stress. These skills can be helpful for parents and kids who need short strategies to use at home.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anastasia will talk with each family about goals, try methods that fit the household, and adjust the plan as needed. That collaborative process helps pick techniques that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls let families connect face to face from home, while phone, live chat, and text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins or flexible timing. These formats can help families practice new skills in the setting where they live and parent most of the time.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Anastasia commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, anger, career stress, and LGBT-related matters.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is practical and collaborative. She focuses on clear goals and teaches specific skills families can use between sessions.
What experience does she bring to family work?
She has 11 years of counseling experience in Mississippi, including home-based foster care, crisis counseling, and inpatient therapy working with children, adolescents, and adults.
What credentials and location are on file?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the designation MS LPC 1752 and practices in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
How are sessions delivered?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
11 years
Licensed
Mississippi
Languages
English

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