Beth Anne Smith
Practical, collaborative counseling for family and life issues
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Beth
Beth Anne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana. She brings eight years of counseling experience and practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and addiction concerns. Her direct, approachable manner aims to make it easier to talk about difficult topics and plan next steps.
Beth reads each situation with curiosity rather than labels. Sessions focus on clear goals and concrete steps. She mixes techniques to match what each person needs, and she invites clients to shape the pace and focus of work together.
Background and approach
Because she is hard of hearing, Beth has both professional and personal perspective on coping with disability-related challenges. She also has experience addressing body image, workplace issues, impulse control, and challenges tied to intimacy and non-monogamous relationships. Her background includes supporting people through trauma symptoms, panic attacks, and mood concerns.
Her style is interactive and collaborative. Expect a practical conversation - identifying what matters most, trying tools, and checking what helps. She emphasizes respect, compassion, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
Beth offers several ways to meet, including calls and messaging, so people can choose what fits their life. If someone wants a straightforward counselor who listens and works with them to build workable plans, her practice is set up for that kind of collaboration.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and making the session about what matters to the person. It helps people clarify goals and feel understood before choosing steps to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches straightforward tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That plan can change as progress is made so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Those options make it possible to have regular contact when life is busy, to check in between meetings, and to pick the way of working that feels most comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, coach through challenges, and support changes without requiring travel or schedule shifts.
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 concerns does she address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How long has she been practicing?
What credentials and region are listed?
Which languages are offered for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How are fees and billing handled?
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Beth
- Takes a few minutes to look through
- Nothing to set up just to read
- Stop at any point