- Strengths based
- Practical skills
- Adoption and foster care
About LaShaunda
Dr. LaShaunda Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi. She brings eight years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and family conflict. She emphasizes each person’s strengths and treats clients as the expert of their own story.
She uses straightforward, practical conversation to help people cope with life changes. Sessions focus on clear, manageable steps and skills to reduce overwhelm. She also addresses concerns such as grief, parenting strain, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, and career stress.
Her approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems. With these methods she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns, try new behaviors, and understand inner parts that influence feelings and choices. She encourages gentle curiosity about emotions rather than harsh self-judgment.
Dr. Smith also supports people facing issues tied to adoption and foster care, abandonment, blended family dynamics, and multicultural pressures. She is mindful of how prejudice, discrimination, and women's issues can affect day-to-day functioning and life purpose.
Practical matters are part of the work. She helps people build coping plans, set boundaries, and practice skills between sessions. Taking the step to begin therapy is acknowledged as important, and she works to make each appointment feel focused and useful.
How CBT and Internal Family Systems Help Online
Dr. Smith integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems in a straightforward way. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to ease anxiety and stress. Internal Family Systems helps people notice different parts of themselves - such as an anxious part or a critical part - and learn kinder ways to respond to those parts.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Dr. Smith will talk with each person about what feels most useful, set goals together, and adjust methods over time. The work is collaborative and paced to fit individual needs and preferences.
Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, since the biography does not list exact options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or letting someone join from a different location when needed. Therapists and licensed professionals can help tailor session length and focus so work on coping skills, relationship communication, grief, adoption and foster care related questions, or stress management fits everyday routines.
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Experience
8+ years
Credentials
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist commonly help with?
She helps people address stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflict, grief, parenting challenges, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and practical. She focuses on skills you can try between sessions and on understanding thoughts and inner parts that shape feelings.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of professional work experience as a counselor and emphasizes helping people cope with life changes and family challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.