Liz Smith

Liz Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with ten years of practice. She focuses on common and urgent concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, grief, and relationship and intimacy issues. She also helps people coping with ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, sleep and eating problems, and career or life transitions.

Her style centers on the person in front of her. She uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening without judgment and helping clients make their own choices. Sessions often mix practical strategies with attention to present-moment feelings so people can notice what’s happening right now and try different responses.

Therapeutic tools she commonly uses include mindfulness practices to increase awareness, cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotional regulation. She also works with eye movement desensitization and reprocessing methods and draws on Gestalt techniques to explore feelings in the moment.

Liz has worked extensively with substance use and LGBTQ+ concerns and has built experience supporting people after trauma. Her clinical background includes a Master of Science in Clinical and Counseling Psychology. She speaks English and Spanish, and she practices in Florida.

People who choose her often want a calm, nonjudgmental space and practical steps they can use between sessions. To start, expect clear listening, collaborative goal-setting, and straightforward skills you can try in daily life.

How her approaches translate to online work

Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts, body sensations, and feelings without getting swept up by them. It can reduce reactivity and support better sleep, eating patterns, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities; the therapist listens closely and follows the client’s lead to shape goals and next steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete exercises to test and change unhelpful patterns. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily problems where learning new thinking and behavior skills matters.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to see which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That might mean starting with simple mindfulness and skills training, then adding trauma-focused methods if needed.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats were not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, reduce travel time, and allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when needed. Some formats also make it simple to use skill practice between meetings, which helps carry progress into daily life.