Therapist profile
Liz Smith, LMHC, LCPC
Florida
LMHC and LCPC - codependency and trauma focus
Continue with LizWhere Liz stands
- Credentials
- LMHC, LCPC
- License
- LCPC, Montana / BBH-LCPC-LIC-37454; LCMHC, Utah / 12981248-6004; LMHC, Florida / MH21381
- NPI
- 1659743961
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Location
- Florida
About
- Client-centered approach
- EMDR for trauma
- CBT and DBT skills
About Liz
Liz Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Florida with ten years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and codependency among other concerns. Liz speaks English and Spanish and brings a practical, people-focused style to sessions.
Her approach centers on listening first. She identifies as client-centered and prioritizes the client’s perspective when deciding steps forward. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people notice patterns, manage intense emotions, and practice new ways of coping. Liz uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma work and integrates mindfulness practices to calm racing thoughts.
Sessions tend to mix short-term skills work with deeper processing. That can mean working on boundary setting, addressing people-pleasing habits, or stabilizing mood symptoms through practical strategies. For addiction and trauma-related concerns she combines structured interventions with moment-to-moment exploration of feelings.
Liz describes herself as comfortable using EMDR through telehealth and incorporates Gestalt techniques to focus on present experience. She also uses motivational interviewing for readiness and change conversations. Her style is direct but collaborative, and she helps people make decisions rather than telling them what to do.
Clients who value clear tools and honest reflection often seek her out. Her prior focus areas include substance use and LGBTQ+ issues, and she draws on that background when clients raise related themes.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Liz uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on the client’s priorities, which means the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them clarify choices and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to practice concrete skills for mood, anxiety, and relationship concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will talk with the client about what feels most useful and adapt methods over time so sessions match current needs and goals. That collaborative process helps decide when to focus on skills, when to process trauma memories, or when to try EMDR interventions.
The biography notes she is comfortable using EMDR via telehealth, but it does not list all session formats. Confirm the available session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Therapists can also switch between skills practice and deeper processing in a single appointment to match what a client needs that day.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Montana, Utah, Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and codependency?
Yes. She lists codependency among her focus areas and works on boundary setting and related patterns.
What is her therapy style like?
She identifies as client-centered and listens first, then uses practical techniques such as CBT and DBT to address patterns and emotions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has around ten years of experience working with substance use, trauma, LGBT concerns, and related issues.
What credentials and location does she hold?
She holds LMHC and LCPC credentials and practices in Florida.
Can sessions be conducted in Spanish?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography notes comfort using EMDR via telehealth but does not specify other formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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