Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Katina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Katina
Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 26 years of experience. She helps people dealing with anger, depression, anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, and challenges like addictions or changes in life. Tina writes in a direct, caring way and aims to make therapy feel approachable and practical.
She uses straightforward conversations to identify what's causing pain or confusion. Sessions focus on building emotional awareness and practical skills to manage intensity and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Tina emphasizes clear goals and steady progress rather than jargon or overcomplicated plans. Tina draws on approaches like client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused methods to meet different needs. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing when they fit the problem at hand.
These tools help with mood symptoms, relationship patterns, and coping after trauma. Her background includes long-term clinical work across a range of concerns, from parenting and intimacy-related problems to eating and co-morbid medical and mental health issues. She pairs clinical experience with an empathetic, down-to-earth style that aims to make people feel heard and understood.
People who choose Tina can expect a collaborative process. She helps clients set realistic steps, practice new behaviors, and track small changes over time. The goal is to move toward better emotional balance and clearer relationships.
What Katina works with
Everything Katina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Katina's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Katina lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding what matters most to each person. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects their experience, and helps set goals that feel relevant to everyday life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Online CBT often uses short exercises, homework, and step-by-step strategies to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and shift unhelpful behavior patterns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name their emotional responses and change interaction patterns that cause pain in relationships. Through guided conversation, clients practice new ways of connecting and expressing needs.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then pick methods that fit. Plans can change over time as progress and needs evolve.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief reflections, homework checks, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options offer flexibility and let people continue work between sessions.
Questions people ask about Katina
What kinds of concerns does Tina address?
She supports people facing anger, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Tina uses a down-to-earth, collaborative approach focused on clear goals, emotional awareness, and practical skills to manage strong feelings and relationship patterns.
What kind of clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including trauma, eating issues, bipolar symptoms, and blended family concerns.
Where is Tina licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with licensure in Indiana and practices under the LMHC credential.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
Tina offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 schedule sessions according to therapist availability.