Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina.
01About Luciana
Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in South Carolina. She brings nine years of clinical experience and more than two decades in human services to sessions. Luciana focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns.
She also helps people navigating adoption and foster care issues, addiction, ADHD, grief, and life transitions. Her style blends warm support with gentle challenge. Sessions aim to teach skills and strategies that can be used day to day.
Background and approach
Luciana emphasizes respect for cultural background, sexual orientation, and personal identity while tailoring tools to each person. She combines client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and draws on dialectical behavior and mindfulness practices when useful. Motivational interviewing and narrative elements are used to boost motivation and reframe difficult experiences.
Goals and a plan are created together at the start of work. Clients who want concrete coping tools will find structured skill-building along with reflective conversation. Luciana often focuses on communication, emotion regulation, and problem-solving skills that apply to relationships, parenting, and work stress.
She supports people trying to change habits, manage impulsivity, or cope with caregiver strain. Sessions also address grief, intimacy-related issues, body image, and forgiveness work. The overall aim is to turn challenges into strengths by building practical habits and clearer self-understanding.
02Credentials
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 7774 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1164016002 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Luciana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Luciana names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Luciana names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and tailoring support to each person. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns back, and helps set goals that matter to the client. This approach is useful for building trust and planning practical next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include short exercises, homework, and step-by-step problem solving for anxiety, depression, or stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills that help with impulsivity and strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past to choose methods together. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so skills fit the person's life and pace.
Online formats here include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter option is needed. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions, do brief exercises, or have shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Focus areas include stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, addiction, ADHD, trauma and grief, and many family-related issues such as adoption and foster care.
What is the general therapy approach or style?
Sessions combine a client-centered, respectful approach with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques. The style is supportive while also offering challenges and concrete skill work.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
The therapist has nine years of experience as a clinician and over twenty years working in human services.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
The therapist holds an LPC credential in South Carolina and practices while based in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
In what formats are sessions available?
Clients can work via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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