Katina (Tina) Smith , LMHC

Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 26 years of clinical experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults through a wide range of life challenges. She brings a down-to-earth, compassionate approach to therapy and focuses on helping people move past pain, confusion, and uncertainty toward greater emotional health and balance.

Throughout her practice, she has worked with issues such as relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, stress and anxiety, addictions, family and parenting concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and food-related problems, and coping with life changes. Her additional focus areas include abandonment, codependency, blended family issues, domestic violence, divorce and separation, and a range of personality and co-morbidity concerns. She tailors care to each person's situation and goals while drawing on established therapeutic methods to guide healing.

Katina combines practical guidance with empathetic support, helping clients identify patterns, sharpen communication, and build coping strategies that fit their lives. As an LMHC she holds formal training in mental health counseling and applies that background to create a welcoming environment for growth. She aims to help people find the peace of mind and emotional resilience they have been seeking, and she looks forward to connecting with those ready to begin that work.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Katina (Tina) Smith draws on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) to support change in online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, helping individuals explore their feelings and values so they can make choices that feel more authentic and healing. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. Emotionally-focused therapy helps partners and individuals understand and reshape emotional responses in relationships, improving connection and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Katina works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life or to access support from different locations. Licensed professionals and therapists can deliver effective care through these formats, helping clients move toward greater emotional well-being on a schedule that suits them.