About Tanya
Tanya Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with 11 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth therapy that helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD. Sessions aim to be collaborative and respectful, with attention to each person’s goals and everyday challenges.
She uses straightforward methods from client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful patterns and try small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Tanya also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people live by their values, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when relationships and attachment are central concerns. Many clients come for help with grief, trauma, self-esteem, body image, and parenting strain. She also supports people navigating divorce, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, substance concerns, and eating-related issues.
Tanya makes space for conversations about identity, including LGBT concerns, and the practical problems that follow life transitions. Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental. Sessions are goal-oriented but flexible, and she works with people to build skills they can use between meetings.
She emphasizes clear explanations, simple coping strategies, and step-by-step plans so progress feels manageable. Tanya offers several online session formats to fit different needs, and she encourages prospective clients to describe what they hope to change. The process begins with a brief questionnaire and scheduling, so people can match with a therapist and set workable appointment times.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when strong emotions are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes in behavior to reduce anxiety, depression, and impulsive patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape relationships and helps people learn new ways to connect and communicate when attachment or intimacy problems are central.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tanya will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps, so therapy stays focused on agreed priorities and measurable steps forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy accessible and flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between appointments. These options allow scheduling around work, parenting, and other responsibilities while maintaining a steady workflow toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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