Dr. Tina Smith, LPC

Dr. Tina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor with six years of experience. She blends practical, client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral ideas to help people navigate relationship and intimacy concerns. She practices in Colorado and supports English-speaking clients, including international clients where arrangements allow.

She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and intimacy-related issues among other concerns. She also addresses challenges tied to trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and self-esteem. Relationship work and communication are part of her day-to-day practice and she offers support around parenting stress and life transitions.

Her approach combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other methods. She values the working relationship and uses it to help people test new ways of coping. Sessions are practical and aim to identify choices and consequences that affect daily life.

Dr. Smith has experience in clinical and correctional settings and has worked with clients who have complex presentations, including active suicidal thoughts and perceptual disturbances. She has experience across many cultural and identity backgrounds, including LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities.

She has provided counseling in both online and in-person settings and uses a strengths-based, meet-people-where-they-are stance. Her background includes work with sexual behavior concerns and related treatment contexts, and she has completed level one Gottman Method couples counseling training.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship and listening closely to what matters to each person; it helps when someone needs a safe place to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors shape mood and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily stressors.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. This is an ongoing conversation that may combine elements of different approaches as progress is made.

The biography records experience with online and face-to-face counseling, so confirm the current session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can save commute time, allow shorter check-ins during a work break, or let someone join from a quieter spot without needing to travel. Ask the therapist about session length, scheduling, and technical details when you set up your first appointment.