Andrienne Horton-Smith
Compassionate counselor focused on practical change
LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 24 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
- Languages
- English
About Andrienne
Andrienne Horton-Smith is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 24 years of clinical experience. She combines individual counseling, group work, life coaching, and mentoring to help clients explore self-worth and process emotional stressors tied to anxiety, depression, and intergenerational trauma.
Background and approach
Her background emphasizes practical strategies that support coping with life changes and improving day-to-day functioning. Her approach centers on collaboration: she treats people as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on existing strengths while developing new skills.
Andrienne works with concerns such as stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, and mood disorders, and addresses related themes like attachment, forgiveness, communication problems, and workplace struggles. Her practice also attends to multicultural concerns, women's issues, and post-traumatic stress.
Clients can expect a therapist who values clear goals, skill-building, and compassionate support during transitions. Andrienne aims to assist individuals in moving toward greater resilience, clearer purpose, and more satisfying daily experience by integrating practical therapies and a strength-focused perspective.
Practical approaches for online healing and growth
Andrienne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and develop concrete coping skills for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress. She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy when addressing trauma-related symptoms, emphasizing processing of past events and building safety and stabilization skills to reduce the impact of traumatic memories.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. She works with clients to clarify goals, preferences, and present needs, and then selects or blends methods that best support those aims. This collaborative exploration allows adjustments over time so the therapeutic work stays aligned with what the client finds most helpful.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility and make care more accessible across different schedules. These formats allow clients to engage in counseling from their own settings, practice skills between sessions, and choose the communication style that fits their daily life while maintaining regular contact with a licensed professional.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English