Theresa Smith is a licensed professional counselor with two decades of experience helping people face anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma.
01About Theresa
Theresa Smith is a licensed professional counselor with two decades of experience helping people face anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma. She works in Oklahoma and brings a straightforward, empathetic style to sessions. Theresa focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier.
Her early work supported survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and later expanded to include men affected by trauma and those involved with substance use.
Background and approach
That experience shaped how she addresses shame, anger, and complicated grief. Theresa also spent years in drug court settings and personal substance counseling, so she is familiar with the patterns that can keep people stuck. Theresa uses several approaches to match each person’s needs.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change routine behavior. Attachment-based ideas guide work around trust, abandonment, and close relationships.
Sessions are grounded in a client-centered stance, which means the person leads the pace and topic. Theresa says people want to be heard and treated without shame, so she focuses on listening and practical problem solving. When clients request it, spiritual perspectives such as biblical counseling and prayer may be incorporated.
Over the years she has helped people with relationship strain, family of origin issues, codependency, career stress, and life transitions. Theresa aims to help each person find clearer next steps, improved coping, and a greater sense of purpose.
02Credentials
- LPC (Oklahoma)
- License LPC04351 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1396977724 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Theresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Theresa names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Theresa 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 therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify what matters to them, and take small actions toward those values. It can ease anxiety, depression, and uncertainty about life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationship patterns and early bonds, helping people understand trust, abandonment, and closeness struggles in current relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the session on the person’s experience, offering empathic listening and support while the client decides the pace and goals.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will work together with each person to try methods that fit their needs and goals, adjusting techniques over time based on what helps. That means sessions can shift between talking, skills practice, and targeted exercises as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options give flexibility for scheduling, follow-up, and keeping progress moving forward.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Theresa commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, relationship and family issues, intimacy concerns, career stress, bipolar symptoms, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Theresa uses a client-centered approach that emphasizes listening and collaboration. She blends practical methods from CBT, ACT, attachment work, and emotionally-focused ideas to meet real-world needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has twenty years of clinical experience, including many years working with survivors of domestic violence, people affected by substance use, and clients in drug court settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an LPC in Oklahoma as listed in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are available?
Theresa provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist arrangements; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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