About Natashia
Dr. Natashia Smith is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, anger, and depression.
She encourages clients to notice their strengths and use them to move forward. Dr. Smith approaches sessions as a partnership where the client is the expert on their life.
She asks clear questions and listens for practical changes that feel doable.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building coping skills, reducing overwhelm, and finding ways to respond differently to painful memories or strong emotions. Her background includes two decades of clinical work across Georgia and South Carolina. That experience has led her to emphasize steady progress over quick fixes.
She helps people set small goals and track what works between sessions. In session she offers straightforward tools for managing panic, persistent worry, angry reactions, and low mood. She also supports people who are grieving or processing past abuse.
Dr. Smith balances skill teaching with time to talk through difficult feelings. Starting therapy with her usually means a short assessment, a discussion of goals, and regularly scheduled sessions.
She invites clients to be part of planning their care and to try methods that match their daily life. Her style is calm, practical, and focused on what helps next steps happen.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Dr. Smith uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional processing. One common approach teaches breathing and grounding exercises, step-by-step methods to reduce panic and intense anxiety in the moment. These tools help when worry or fear make it hard to think clearly.Another approach centers on processing difficult memories and reactions. This method helps people name painful experiences, learn new ways to respond, and reduce the hold of past events on daily life. It can be useful for trauma, abuse, and lingering grief.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She partners with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Together they try strategies, check what is helpful, and adjust the plan over time to fit the person's life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video allows face-to-face conversation for teaching skills and practicing techniques. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text messaging let clients check in between meetings, share updates, and get shorter, timely support without waiting for a scheduled call.
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Depression
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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