Theresa SmithLPC

Theresa Smith is an LPC with 20 years of clinical practice in Oklahoma. She centers her work on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Theresa offers calm, straightforward support for people facing addiction, trauma, grief, and relationship challenges.

Theresa began her career supporting survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Over time she expanded to work with men affected by trauma and with people involved in the legal and recovery systems. That experience led her to focus on substance use concerns, including time in drug court and outpatient counseling.

Her day-to-day approach is practical and person-focused. She uses client-centered care alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and build actions that matter to each person.

Theresa has worked with depression, PTSD, abandonment and attachment issues, shame, anger, and complicated grief. She also supports people facing control issues, codependency, family of origin concerns, and life purpose questions. She frames sessions around the problem someone brings and the goals they want to reach.

Theresa is a Christian and will include Biblical counseling and prayer when a client requests spiritual support. Her style is compassionate and nonjudgmental, and she aims to help people feel heard and respected as they work toward healthier mental health and a more satisfied life.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small, actionable steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by building meaningful routines and choices. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they affect current connections, helping people understand attachment wounds and develop healthier ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and replace them with more effective strategies, which is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Theresa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time so the sessions stay useful and focused on what the client wants to change.

Confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not specify them. Online therapy can still make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer options for working without being on camera. Licensed professionals can use these approaches in remote sessions to teach skills, process emotions, and track progress in ways that fit everyday life.