Tanya Smith, LMHC

Tanya Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 11 years of experience. She focuses on trauma and abuse along with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and substance use challenges. Tanya uses a straightforward, client-focused style and aims to make sessions collaborative and goal-oriented.

Tanya’s background includes case management, psychotherapy, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. She has worked across a wide range of concerns such as grief, self-esteem, parenting struggles, eating-related issues, anger, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Her experience spans work with children, teenagers, adults, families, and couples during times of adjustment and transition.

In session she emphasizes respect, kindness, and openness. Tanya aims to avoid judgment and to listen first, then help clients set practical goals. She adapts session structure to each person’s needs and prefers to keep interactions positive and collaborative.

Her clinical toolbox includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Existential Therapy. She also integrates mindfulness-based ideas and trauma-focused practices when appropriate to the client’s goals.

Tanya describes her work as flexible and tailored. She works with clients to identify stressors and to build skills that address day-to-day challenges. To begin, prospective clients follow the site intake steps to match with her and schedule according to availability.

How Tanya’s Approaches Translate Online

Tanya uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify their values and take small actions that match what matters to them; this can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and navigating life changes. Client-Centered Therapy guides sessions by the client’s own priorities, with the therapist offering empathy and support to help the person find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills for identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors, which is often useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tanya will collaborate with each person to identify which methods feel most useful. Together they will try techniques, adjust plans, and track progress so therapy fits the client’s goals and preferences.

The original biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people work with licensed professionals from wherever they are located within the therapist’s region, while still focusing on the same practical skills, values-led actions, and emotional processing used in in-person work.