Therapist profile
Rilda Smith, LMFT
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist - Parenting and relationships
Continue with RildaAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Sleep and coping
About Rilda
Rilda Smith is a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in Oklahoma with 22 years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are carrying stress at home and feeling worn down by parenting, relationship strain, grief, anxiety, or big life changes.
She approaches problems with a systemic eye, noticing how pressures from family, work, and culture shape day-to-day life. That perspective guides practical conversations about communication, boundaries, and managing caregiving demands. She helps people who struggle with sleep, anger, low self-esteem, or the effects of compassion fatigue and burnout.
Rilda also supports people coping with financial stress, divorce and separation, and adjustment after moving between cultures. She has long experience working with Third Culture Kids and adult TCKs, especially during transitions to living in the United States.
In sessions she uses methods like Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative approaches, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Those tools are used to notice patterns, test small changes, and build clearer ways of responding to hard situations.
Her style is straightforward and practical. Conversations focus on specific problems and doable steps to change them. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session to talk about what they want to work on.
How sessions work
How her approaches work for online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person telling their story and being heard. It helps people clarify what matters to them and decide which changes feel right. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and actions keep problems going and offers simple experiments to test new responses. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short practices to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and recommend methods to try. That conversation is collaborative and can shift as progress is made or new issues appear.
Please confirm current session options before booking since specific delivery formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the time spent traveling. Many people find remote sessions help keep continuity when life is changing, and the therapist will work with clients to pick a rhythm and format that fits their schedule and circumstances.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, relationship tension, depression, ADHD, and related issues such as caregiver stress and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques. Sessions focus on practical steps, identifying patterns, and testing small changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience working with adults on family and life transition concerns and related stressors.
What credential and location are listed?
She is an LMFT licensed in Oklahoma and practices with that credential in that state.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients, which can help people who live outside the United States or who have moved between countries.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.