About Taylor
Taylor Smith is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with ten years of clinical experience. He focuses on practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and major life changes. Taylor writes plainly and keeps goals central to each session.
He takes a direct, solution-oriented approach that aims for clear steps and measurable progress. Sessions often include skills practice, short-term strategies, and conversations that clarify goals. Taylor uses techniques drawn from several approaches to match what each person needs in the moment.
Background and approach
His background includes a master’s degree in counseling psychology and clinical work in substance use settings. He combines that experience with brief therapy methods and hypnosis influenced by Milton Erickson. That mix supports people facing grief, trauma, depression, or problems with motivation and direction.
Taylor helps people address relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, blended family dynamics, and family-of-origin struggles. He also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, and challenges common to first responders. In sessions he aims to be straightforward and practical.
People can expect focused conversations, hands-on strategies, and follow-up tasks to try between meetings. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s goals and life demands.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on building practical skills for managing intense emotions, reducing overwhelm, and improving relationships. It can help when anxiety, anger, or mood swings get in the way of daily life.Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to shift thought patterns and strengthen motivation for change. It is often used alongside other work for habits, stress, and substance use concerns.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about your goals and try approaches that fit your needs and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let you work face-to-face; phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill coaching, and keeping momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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