Therapist profile
Tanya Smith, LPC
South Carolina
Licensed Professional Counselor - codependency and relationships
Continue with TanyaWhere Tanya stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, South Carolina / 7676
- NPI
- 1952959280
- Experience
- 15 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- South Carolina
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Attachment patterns
- Boundary skills
About Tanya
Tanya Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, and issues connected to codependency.
She speaks plainly in sessions and focuses on what is getting in the way of everyday life. Tanya uses practical tools to manage strong emotions and to help people set boundaries. She also works with career stress, parenting strain, grief, and challenges connected to chronic illness and caregiving.
Her work draws on several evidence-based methods including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance strategies. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Sessions include skills practice, gentle challenge of unhelpful thoughts, and attention to values and behavior choices.
Tanya aims to help people build clearer communication and stronger limits without blaming themselves. She encourages small, doable changes that add up over time. Many people come to her when they find themselves putting others first at their own expense and want a different balance.
Her background includes steady clinical work across diverse communities and experience addressing multicultural concerns. Tanya’s approach is collaborative and straightforward: she and the person seeking help decide which steps will fit the client’s life and goals.
How sessions work
Approaches used online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take action that matches their values. It can help when someone feels trapped by worry, shame, or patterns of people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies and shifts thinking patterns that lead to anxious or low mood and teaches concrete skills for changing behavior. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and managing strong emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they shape current responses in partnerships and close connections; it can be helpful for intimacy, trust, and repeated relationship patterns.Picking the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Tanya collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as progress is made or new issues come up.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow focused skills practice between sessions. Some formats also allow brief check-ins that work better on days when a full session would be hard to manage. Discussing practical scheduling needs is part of the first meeting so sessions can be set up to fit everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she work with people who struggle with people-pleasing?
Yes. She helps people who find themselves putting others first and losing their sense of self. Work focuses on boundaries and clearer communication.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a direct, practical style with skills practice and values-based work. Sessions mix discussion with exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 15 years of clinical experience working with people across a range of concerns from trauma to career stress.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina. Her practice is based in South Carolina.
What languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Confirm pricing details when you begin the sign-up process.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the 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.