About Dion
Dion Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people navigate trauma, addiction, stress, anxiety, and ADHD. He also works with concerns such as depression, sleep problems, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and career stress. Dion writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
He draws on ten years of counseling experience and earlier work in school psychology. That background shapes his approach to assessment, referral, and treatment planning.
Background and approach
Dion combines real-world perspective with professional skills to help people set clear goals and make steady progress. Sessions focus on what the person needs most. He uses client-centered methods to build trust and then overlays cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
When trauma is central, he may include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and mindfulness practices to reduce intensity and improve coping. Dion emphasizes collaboration. He works with each person to design practical steps and homework suited to their life.
That can include strategies for sleep, impulse control, managing anger, or organizing life when ADHD is a concern. He has experience supporting people affected by military life transitions, addiction, and first responder stress through contracted roles. Dion also offers assessment and referral when additional services are needed.
His aim is straightforward: help people get unstuck and move toward the life they want.
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard and understood. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental place to sort out feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many everyday problems by offering concrete exercises and homework.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used when trauma memories cause ongoing distress. In a paced way, it helps reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and the reactions they provoke.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the person's goals, and adjust based on how things are going. That collaborative process helps match tools to what someone actually needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are good when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick updates, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer writing. Together, these formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using approaches that can be effective at a distance.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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