Dr. Frederick Smoot
Compassionate guidance for life and relationship challenges
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Frederick
Dr. Frederick Smoot is an LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) based in California. He has five years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, addiction, grief, and other life changes.
He brings a calm and respectful presence to sessions and aims to make space for honest conversation. His style is warm, curious, and straightforward. He focuses on building trust and keeping conversations free of shame.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to clarify goals and take small, steady steps toward them. He uses practical tools rather than abstract theory alone. Dr.
Smoot draws from a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice life patterns and choose actions that match their values. He applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
He also works in a client-centered way, listening closely and shaping the plan together. People who meet with him can expect collaborative planning and clear options for next steps. He pays attention to relationship dynamics, communication problems, and issues that come up around parenting and caregiving.
He also supports those facing trauma, addiction, and end-of-life concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Dr. Smoot accepts international clients.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. If someone is ready to begin, they can follow the standard intake process to match and schedule a first appointment.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Dr. Smoot commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in remote sessions. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then pick actions that match their values; it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing different behaviors to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will listen to each person's goals and preferences and suggest techniques from these methods that fit the situation. The plan is shaped collaboratively so clients know why a method is being used and how progress will be tracked.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and people in different locations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions provide a simple option without video, and live chat or text messaging support shorter check-ins and ongoing support between appointments. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing family, work, and caregiving responsibilities.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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