Jerra Smith

Jerra Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi. She brings three years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people facing anger, stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. Her work also addresses relationship tension, family problems, self-esteem, and life changes.

She adapts sessions to what a person needs in the moment. Conversations are practical and goal-oriented. Jerra uses elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different ways of responding.

Clients can expect straightforward tools for coping with strong emotions and everyday pressures. Jerra emphasizes respectful, collaborative work that supports small, manageable changes over time. She also addresses co-occurring issues such as substance use and communication difficulties.

Her approach blends thinking-focused strategies with present-moment awareness. That combination is used to reduce reactive behavior, improve emotional regulation, and build clearer communication skills. Sessions also tackle guilt, shame, forgiveness, and isolation as they come up.

Jerra invites people who feel stuck or overwhelmed to take a first step. She asks questions, listens, and helps set simple, realistic goals tied to daily life. To begin, prospective clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How CBT and Mindfulness Fit into Online Work

Jerra often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking and behavior patterns that feed anger, anxiety, and low mood. CBT breaks problems into small steps and teaches concrete skills for testing unhelpful thoughts and changing reactions.

She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy, which helps people learn to observe thoughts and feelings without immediately acting on them. Mindfulness practice can reduce reactivity and make it easier to choose different responses in tense moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jerra treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will adjust techniques based on a person's goals, day-to-day needs, and what feels most useful during sessions.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, remove travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a longer visit is hard to arrange. It can also support continued practice of CBT skills and mindfulness exercises between sessions, helping new habits stick.