Tanya Smith, LPC

Tanya Smith is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing with 15 years of experience in South Carolina. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, relationship concerns, parenting, grief, and related life changes. She also lists areas such as ADHD, bipolar concerns, and LGBT issues among her work.

Tanya uses straightforward conversations to help people sort through immediate problems. She listens to each person's situation and helps identify practical steps. Sessions tend to focus on skills that can be used between meetings and clearer ways to communicate at home.

Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods. She uses cognitive behavioral strategies to look at thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small actions toward them. Attachment-based ideas are used to understand close relationships and patterns that repeat across time.

Tanya also uses client-centered practices to keep the work grounded in what matters to the individual. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools appear when emotion regulation or distress tolerance needs attention. These methods are applied with attention to cultural background and life context.

People who come with parenting stress, blended-family questions, adoption or foster-care concerns, caregiver strain, chronic illness, or communication problems will find practical focus in sessions. Tanya aims to help clients build clearer boundaries, manage overwhelming feelings, and find steady ways to handle the daily demands of home and work.

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