Therapist profile
Luciana Smalls, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with LucianaAbout
- Client-centered listening
- CBT and DBT skills
- Parenting support topics
About Luciana
Luciana Smalls is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with nine years of experience as a mental health professional and over 20 years in human services. She works with adults on common concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting stress, and life changes. Luciana also addresses issues like ADHD, addiction, grief, and intimacy-related worries.
Her approach combines client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. She also draws on dialectical behavior strategies and mindfulness to help people manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity. Sessions often include skill practice and straightforward steps to try between meetings.
Luciana pays attention to cultural background, sexual orientation, and identity when she works with someone. She describes her style as supportive and challenging, helping people identify concrete goals and the next actions to reach them. This includes coaching-style guidance when appropriate.
She has experience with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family questions, fatherhood issues, caregiver stress, and family-of-origin patterns. She also addresses communication problems, divorce and separation impacts, and end-of-life or hospice related concerns.
People looking for practical skills for parenting stress, anger, impulsivity, or coping with major transitions may find her methods helpful. To start, visitors are asked to use the site's matching flow and schedule an initial session to see how her approach fits their situation.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Luciana blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in sessions. Client-centered work focuses on careful listening and letting the person's goals guide the plan. Cognitive behavioral work looks at thought patterns and behaviors and introduces practical exercises to change unhelpful habits. Dialectical behavior strategies teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for high-intensity moments.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the early work together. She will collaborate with the client to choose techniques that match goals, whether that means more skill-building, mindfulness practice, or coaching around parenting and family concerns.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into busy days, because they can schedule a session around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities. Online sessions can make it easier to do short check-ins, practice skills between meetings, and keep continuity during life transitions. Ask about the available session options when you complete the matching questionnaire so you know what will work for your routine.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
South Carolina
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, ADHD, addiction, grief, and related family concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a client-centered style that mixes practical CBT skills, DBT strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to teach tools and steps to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years as a licensed mental health professional and more than 20 years working in human services.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds the LPC credential in South Carolina and lists South Carolina as her location.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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