About Katina
Katina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and mood concerns. She focuses on practical steps that people can use right away. Her work aims to strengthen coping skills and restore a sense of hope.
She uses clear, goal-focused conversations to identify problems and find workable strategies. Katina draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to break down difficult patterns.
Background and approach
Those methods are used to address negative thinking, addictive behavior, grief, and family tensions. Her background includes years of social services work with diverse populations, plus experience in crisis intervention and domestic violence support. That history informs a steady, calm approach in sessions.
She uses her LPC training to guide treatment choices while keeping client goals central. Sessions aim to build rapport quickly and teach tools for day-to-day life. Clients learn to spot unhelpful thoughts, try different responses, and practice skills between meetings.
The focus is on small, practical changes that add up over time. Katina also addresses a wide range of concerns such as self-esteem, parenting stress, relationship problems, ADHD, grief, and substance use. She works with people navigating major life transitions and the stress that comes with them.
Her goal is to help each person regain balance and move toward hope.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Katina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then try different responses to change outcomes. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing difficult memories and building skills to reduce traumatic reactions and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and reactions to different techniques and together decide which methods to try. Plans can be adjusted over time based on what works best for each person.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits better. Live chat and text messaging allow quick reflections, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English
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