About Eloris
Eloris Smith, LICSW, LCSW, focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or career pressures. She makes room for practical steps and honest conversation. Her approach aims to help clients find clearer choices and more confidence in day-to-day life.
She believes each person knows their story best and brings strengths to the work. Sessions are collaborative and direct. She listens for what’s getting in the way and helps people try new ways of responding to hard feelings and situations.
Background and approach
Eloris uses tools from acceptance and commitment work to help people notice unhelpful patterns and choose actions that match their values. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and test thoughts that increase worry or sadness. Skills from dialectical behavior therapy are offered for managing intense emotions and improving communication.
Her style is supportive and practical. She helps clients set small, achievable goals and practices that fit real life. Parents who feel stuck juggling demands can work on clearer boundaries, self-care, and ways to reduce daily stress.
With seven years of clinical experience in Louisiana, Eloris aims to empower people rather than tell them what to do. She encourages steady progress and respects individual pace. The work centers on concrete strategies that make daily life more manageable.
How ACT, CBT, and DBT translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and emotions without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. This can be useful for anxiety, stress, and decisions about work or parenting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small experiments to reduce worry and low mood. It suits people who want concrete techniques to change thinking patterns.Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. These skills can help when stress leads to outbursts, avoidance, or trouble setting boundaries. Together these approaches give a mix of acceptance, skill-building, and behavior change to address recurring anxiety and stress.
Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences, then try approaches that fit real life. They will adjust methods over time based on what helps most, so clients are part of deciding the plan.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face work and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework review, or ongoing support between meetings. These formats make scheduling easier and help therapy fit a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Alabama, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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