Tanya Smith, LMHC

Tanya Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 11 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and intimacy-related concerns along with stress, anxiety, addiction, and mood difficulties. Tanya adopts a straightforward, collaborative approach so people can feel heard and set clear goals for change.

She uses practical talk and active listening to help people find next steps. Sessions aim to be positive and respectful, with an emphasis on what the client wants to accomplish. Tanya draws on evidence-informed strategies to address things like low self-esteem, grief, parenting strain, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

Her background includes case management, psychotherapy, mental health treatment, and substance use work. That range gives her experience with both short-term struggles and longer adjustment periods. Tanya also supports people facing life transitions, communication and commitment challenges, and issues around body image and eating.

Tanya works from a client-centered stance and blends approaches to match individual needs. She commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside mindfulness and existential perspectives. This mix helps people manage difficult emotions, clarify values, and change unhelpful patterns.

She emphasizes collaboration when planning sessions and encourages clients to shape the pace and focus of work. To get started, readers are asked to use the site’s continue button on this profile and complete the matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Tanya’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for relationship strain, anxiety, and making changes that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with concrete behavioral experiments, which can ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, and eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and shifting interaction patterns that keep partners or individuals stuck, helping improve connection and emotional understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Tanya works collaboratively to learn what matters to each person and then tailors the methods to fit their goals and preferences. Clients and therapist decide together which strategies to try and when to adjust the plan.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel, making it easier to schedule brief check-ins, or allowing therapy during a lunch break or between responsibilities. It also lets people use approaches like ACT and CBT with exercises and homework that transfer into everyday routines, so change can happen between meetings.