Kristen Smith, LMHC

Kristen Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 27 years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship concerns alongside a wide range of life challenges. Kristen centers care on practical steps and steady support for people who want change.

She helps people manage addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, and relationship struggles. She also works with depression, anxiety, stress, self-esteem issues, grief, and the effects of life transitions. Clients come with work-life balance worries, parenting strain, and concerns like ADHD or bipolar mood swings.

Kristen uses straightforward, person-focused conversations. She believes clients are the experts on their own stories and builds on their strengths. Sessions emphasize clear goals, coping tools, and skills that can be used between meetings.

Her background includes long-term work in clinical settings and one-on-one counseling. That experience informs a practical approach to challenges like eating or sleeping problems, codependency, attachment issues, and caregiver stress. She also addresses topics such as adoption and foster care, aging concerns, and family of origin patterns.

People who choose Kristen can expect a supportive, collaborative relationship. She guides clients through finding purpose, reducing harmful patterns, and improving day-to-day functioning. To begin, prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How Kristen’s approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the client's perspective. The therapist follows the client's lead and helps people build on their own strengths to solve problems and set goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It offers practical tools and exercises to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits by changing thinking patterns and actions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress. It can help people who struggle with strong mood swings, anger, or patterns of self-criticism.

Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will listen to the client's needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted over time based on what works for the client.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow more consistent attendance. Because the biography did not list specific session formats, confirm current session options before booking. Together, the client and therapist will shape a plan that fits daily routines and the issues being addressed.