About Jerra
Jerra Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi. She brings three years of clinical experience and works with people managing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship difficulties. She aims to offer clear, practical support for everyday struggles.
She shapes sessions around what a person needs right now. That can mean short-term skills for coping or a slower pace to process painful events. She uses straightforward tools to help people reduce overwhelm and make decisions that feel right for them.
Background and approach
Her background includes helping people with substance use concerns alongside mood and anxiety issues. She also supports clients facing trauma, family problems, anger, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions. This range means she often works with multiple issues at the same time rather than a single concern.
In sessions she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them. Those methods are used in simple, practical ways during conversations and exercises.
Jerra aims to treat clients with respect and to help them feel empowered to make changes. She focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions and on building skills that fit daily life. If someone wants direct, practical help for anxiety, stress, or related issues, her approach is aimed at making progress that matters.
How CBT and Mindfulness work online
Jerra uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify thoughts and behaviors that fuel anxiety and stress, then practices small changes that can shift how someone feels and acts. Mindfulness therapy is used to build awareness of thoughts and emotions so they have less automatic control over reactions; this can help with anxiety, anger, and rumination.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals, symptoms, and everyday routines and together you will try methods that match your needs. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize skill practice, mindful awareness, or a mix of both.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when typing feels more natural than speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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