About Dionne
Dr. Dionne Crosby Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, anger, low self-esteem, and depression.
She emphasizes practical steps and steady support to help people move forward. She approaches care with a straightforward, person-centered style. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, small changes, and skills that can be used between meetings. Dr. Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
She also addresses issues tied to disasters, veteran and armed forces experiences, multicultural concerns, phobias, and challenges common among young adults. Her focus is on everyday problems people bring into the room and realistic ways to manage them. Her work often includes practical tools like coping strategies, thought records, and gradual exposure to feared situations.
She explains exercises plainly and checks in on progress. The aim is steady improvement that fits each person's life. Sessions are available in English and can be done with several online formats.
Dr. Smith supports people who prefer remote options and those who need flexible scheduling. She works collaboratively to shape a plan that matches a person’s goals and pace.
How CBT and Online Sessions Work Together
Dr. Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice new ways of responding. CBT breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try small, practical changes and notice what helps. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, phobias, and stress-related problems.Finding the right approach is a shared process. She will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and daily life. Together they set manageable steps and review what works or needs adjusting so care stays practical and focused.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or who live far from Louisiana. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or brief skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting around work, school, or family life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger management
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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