Therapist profile
Katina (Tina) Smith, LMHC
Indiana
LMHC in Indiana - Relationships and Codependency
Continue with KatinaWhere Katina stands
- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Indiana / 39004078A
- NPI
- 1922150655
- Experience
- 26 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Indiana
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
About Katina
Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Indiana with 26 years of clinical experience. She helps people concerned with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, codependency, anxiety, depression, and stress. She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction, eating issues, and life changes. Tina writes that she wants to help people move toward emotional health and greater peace of mind.
Her style is straightforward and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on talking through what causes pain or confusion, and on practical steps to feel more in control. She uses approaches that center the person, explore emotions in relationships, and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Tina blends Client-Centered Therapy with tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She brings mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing techniques when they fit a person’s goals. This mix is used to improve communication, reduce anxiety, and address patterns like people-pleasing or difficulty setting boundaries.
She has worked with adults and adolescents across a wide range of concerns, including parenting stress, blended family issues, abandonment fears, and coping after loss or illness. Her experience includes long-term practice helping people sort through complex emotional and relational problems.
People who come to her can expect clear, practical conversation about feelings and behavior. She encourages setting small, achievable goals and checking progress along the way. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s matching tools to schedule an initial session and see online therapy options.
How sessions work
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. Online sessions using this approach emphasize open questions, reflective responses, and allowing the person to set the priorities for work on relationships or self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In online sessions CBT can involve tracking thought patterns, trying brief behavioral experiments between meetings, and practicing new skills to reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotions in close relationships and how patterns keep repeating. Online EFT-style work often helps people name feelings, notice interaction cycles, and rehearse new ways of responding in relationships or around boundaries.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust methods over time based on progress and feedback.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits are useful for people juggling parenting, work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, codependency, grief, addictions, eating issues, parenting and related concerns.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
Her approach is down-to-earth and person-focused. She combines client-centered conversations with practical techniques to change thoughts and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience as a practicing clinician working with adolescents and adults across many concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and practices from Indiana.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are costs handled and how do I get started?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.