Erin Smith
Compassionate counselor focused on practical tools
LPCC, LPC Kentucky
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Erin
Erin Smith is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Kentucky with nine years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family challenges, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes, along with related issues such as jealousy, OCD-related obsessions and compulsions, phobias, and process addictions.
Her background includes individual and group work with adolescents, children, and adults as well as experience with couples and families. Erin emphasizes forming a strong therapeutic relationship as the foundation for change and approaches counseling with compassion, presence, and active listening.
Her style blends client-centered and strength-based perspectives with evidence-informed methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She prioritizes collaboration, inviting clients to shape goals and select approaches that fit their needs.
In sessions she helps clients identify existing coping skills and build new strategies tailored to their situations. Erin encourages open communication about what techniques are working and aims to meet each person where they are while supporting progress toward clearer, more manageable outcomes.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and problematic coping patterns. It uses practical, structured strategies that adapt well to online formats through exercises, homework, and in-session practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values, accept difficult internal experiences, and take committed action toward meaningful goals; it often uses mindfulness and values-based exercises that translate effectively to remote work. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relationship patterns and emotional bonds to help improve interpersonal functioning and address relational distress, which can be explored through conversation and reflective exercises in virtual sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with clients to identify which methods best match their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring, and will adjust techniques over time as progress and needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives or to maintain continuity of care from different locations within the applicable region. These options support ongoing practice, timely check-ins, and consistent access to therapeutic tools and guidance.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed
Kentucky, Arizona, Minnesota
Languages
English