Stephanie Smith, LPC - Therapist in Tennessee

About Stephanie

Stephanie Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Tennessee with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people through stressful seasons, relationship struggles, mood shifts, and trauma. Her work often involves practical steps to reduce anxiety and manage strong emotions.

Stephanie aims to make therapy understandable and approachable for worried parents and adults looking for steady support. She uses straightforward interventions to build coping skills and improve communication.

Background and approach

Sessions may include focused skill practice, goal setting, and ways to handle anger or sleeping problems. Stephanie also supports people dealing with grief, addiction, and changes tied to family life. Her background includes work with issues tied to adoption and foster care, abandonment, and codependency.

She brings experience addressing post-traumatic stress and mood disorders, including bipolar disorder and depression. That experience shapes how she tailors treatment plans for each person. Stephanie draws on several therapy methods to match what a client needs.

She combines evidence-based tools with attention to personal history and family patterns. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging.

Fees vary with location and depend on a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Stephanie commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and EMDR in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on how emotions shape relationships and communication, and it can help when family or relationship patterns cause distress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method for processing traumatic memories and reducing their emotional intensity, often used when past events continue to affect daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their situation, goals, and comfort level. That means trying approaches that match the problem and adjusting as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to keep appointments, use skills between sessions, and continue therapy from home or while traveling within the allowed region. Licensed professionals can tailor session format and pace so work on stress, parenting, trauma, or mood concerns fits into daily life.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

EMDR

A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, anger, addiction, grief, parenting challenges, sleeping problems, self esteem, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She focuses on practical tools, clear goals, and improving communication and coping skills.

How long has she practiced?

She has 17 years of experience as a licensed counselor working with a wide range of emotional and family-related concerns.

Where is she licensed and based?

Stephanie holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Tennessee under TN LPC 2706.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the country work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are fees handled and how do I begin?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Abandonment
Addictions
ADHD
Adoption and foster care
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Codependency
Communication problems
Coping with life changes
Depression
Drug and alcohol addiction
Family conflicts
Family problems
Grief
Mood disorders
Parenting issues
Post-traumatic stress
Self esteem
Self-love
Sleeping disorders

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 17 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

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