- Goal focused
- Client centered
- Practical tools
About Katina
Katina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, and parenting challenges. She also supports those coping with grief, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, relationship and family concerns, and LGBT-related stress. Katina presents a straightforward, compassionate approach aimed at practical change.
She draws on six years as an LPC and two decades in social services to guide her work. Her background includes experience with adoption and foster care, substance abuse, intellectual disability, and elder issues. That history informs her day-to-day approach with people facing complex, overlapping concerns.
In sessions she leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. Katina uses those tools to help people spot unhelpful thinking, try new coping skills, and set realistic goals. She focuses on clear, usable steps rather than long lectures.
Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental. She emphasizes building a working relationship, practical problem solving, and teaching tools people can use between sessions. She aims to strengthen thinking patterns and restore hope.
People who choose her can expect goal-focused conversation, skill practice, and collaborative planning. Katina encourages honesty about setbacks and adapts approaches when something is not working. She accepts clients from both inside and outside the United States and conducts sessions in English.
To begin, readers should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking. Katina asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire so she can match goals and set an initial plan.
How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Katina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes to feel better. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many daily struggles.She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past harm by teaching grounding and coping strategies and by carefully working through traumatic memories when a person is ready. That approach aims to reduce the hold those memories have on daily life.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Katina will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. If an approach isn’t helping, she adjusts plans and tries different strategies together.
If you plan to pursue therapy online, confirm which session formats are offered before booking since the profile does not list formats explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and avoid travel time. It can also let people use mindfulness or homework exercises in the places where they live their daily lives. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and trauma-focused techniques to virtual sessions, focusing on practical tools and clear steps you can use between meetings.
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, parenting issues, grief, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related family or relationship problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on building rapport, practical problem solving, and teaching skills people can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has six years as a Licensed Professional Counselor and about twenty years of social services experience working with diverse populations including adoption and foster care and substance abuse settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The original profile does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are available.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.