Tanya Smith

Tanya Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes. Tanya aims for a respectful, nonjudgmental approach in every session.

Her style is client-centered and collaborative. Sessions are shaped around what each person wants to achieve, with attention to practical steps and clear goals. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding.

Tanya also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Existential ideas when clients are working through grief, identity questions, or deep relationship concerns. She often brings mindfulness into sessions to help people manage strong feelings in the moment. Treatment has included work with trauma, substance use, eating and parenting concerns across many settings.

Over her career she has done case management, psychotherapy, trauma work, and substance abuse treatment. That mix shapes a flexible approach that balances concrete strategies with attention to personal meaning. Tanya emphasizes dignity, respect, and kindness in every interaction.

To begin, she encourages people to consider their immediate goals and practical needs. Sessions are tailored to fit individual circumstances and to support steady progress through life transitions.

How Tanya's approaches fit with online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotions in relationships and can help when intimacy or attachment issues are central.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tanya collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most helpful based on their goals and preferences. She adjusts ideas and tools as people try them out and share what helps.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people appreciate online work for fitting therapy into a busy life, reducing travel time, and making shorter check-ins easier during a workday. Online sessions also let people use mindfulness exercises or homework in the context of their daily routine. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques for remote sessions so the focus stays on goals and practical progress.