Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
How Stephanie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Stephanie
Stephanie Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Tennessee with 17 years of clinical experience helping people through difficult times. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, anger, mood concerns, and relationship strain.
She uses clear, steady guidance to help clients understand what keeps problems going. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Stephanie draws on tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness to change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
For people carrying past hurts or traumatic memories she uses methods designed to reduce the emotional hold of those experiences. She also brings skills that support recovery from substance use and patterns of codependency. Stephanie works with issues connected to adoption and foster care when those histories affect daily life.
Stephanie helps people build better sleep habits, stronger self-esteem, and healthier ways of handling grief. She offers practical communication tools for families and for people wrestling with life transitions. Her style is steady, supportive, and aimed at real change.
Clients who prefer a collaborative, skills-based approach often do well with her. She combines evidence-informed techniques with a focus on what each person wants to accomplish. This makes sessions feel focused and useful from the start.
What Stephanie works with
Everything Stephanie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Stephanie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
Approaches Stephanie lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused 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.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Stephanie uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, anger, and mood symptoms. Sessions include practical exercises and home practice to build new habits.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and change interaction patterns that fuel conflict and disconnection. This approach is useful when relationship dynamics or communication problems are a central concern.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, try techniques that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients shape the pace and focus of care through regular feedback.
Online work includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for longer sessions and visual connection, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain continuity when schedules shift.
Questions people ask about Stephanie
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, sleep difficulties, parenting stress, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on clear skills and steps clients can use between sessions. She blends talking, problem solving, and skill practice.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session when available.