NaTanya Smith, LPC

NaTanya Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who helps people facing common life stresses. She connects with people who are dealing with anxiety, grief, depression, anger, low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and jealousy. Her style is direct and supportive, aimed at making small, practical changes that add up over time.

NaTanya brings ten years of experience in mental health, including five years as a counseling intern and five years as a licensed counselor. She has worked with people in both individual and group settings. She draws on everyday language in sessions so clients can leave with clear next steps.

Her approach blends client-centered therapy with solution-focused techniques and cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT. That means sessions focus on the client’s goals, on finding useful short-term strategies, and on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. She acts as a guide and partner rather than an authority figure.

People often come to her for help with life transitions, caregiver stress, workplace issues, body image, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. She also supports those coping with guilt, shame, forgiveness challenges, and questions about life purpose and self-love.

NaTanya invites clients to set practical goals and test changes between sessions. The work is collaborative and paced to what the person can manage. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session based on the therapist’s availability.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the person’s own goals and perspectives. In practice this means sessions focus on listening, reflecting what matters most, and helping clients make choices that fit their lives. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches small experiments to test different ways of thinking and acting. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what’s working now and on building practical steps toward the client’s preferred future.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape each session so it feels useful and achievable.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in during a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or choosing an approach that focuses on specific skills to practice between sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and conversational work to an online setting so progress continues between meetings.