Katina Smith

Katina Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage anger as well as stress, anxiety, depression, and addictions. She works with individuals facing trauma, grief, parenting strains, relationship and family problems, and struggles with self-esteem. Katina communicates plainly and aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can start to feel steadier and more in control.

She draws on six years as an LPC alongside a longer history in social services. That background includes work with adoption and foster care, substance use, aging and disability services, and crisis intervention. Those experiences inform how she sees patterns of behavior and the practical needs people bring to sessions.

Katina uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing in her work. She helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and set realistic steps toward change. Mindfulness techniques are included when they fit someone’s goals to calm intense emotions and increase focus.

In sessions she prioritizes building rapport and practical tools. Typical aims include reducing reactivity, reshaping negative thinking, and improving problem solving. Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented while staying compassionate.

Katina practices in Louisiana and accepts clients from other locations as noted. She communicates in English and works with people coping with a broad range of life changes, including grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, and mood concerns. The emphasis is on steady progress and restoring day-to-day functioning.

Using proven approaches in online sessions

Katina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes to reduce anger, anxiety, and depressive patterns. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers ways to address the effects of past traumatic events and to build coping skills for intense emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to choose or combine methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they review what feels helpful and adjust the plan over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, avoid travel time, and maintain continuity when schedules or locations change. It also lets people choose quieter or lower-bandwidth options when that suits them better. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and trauma-focused work to remote sessions with exercises, breathing and mindfulness practices, and step-by-step behavior work that translates to everyday life.