Katina (Tina) Smith
Compassionate, practical counseling for emotional health
LMHC Indiana
- Experience
- 26 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Trauma and abuse, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Katina
Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 26 years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, mood concerns, anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, and parenting struggles.
Background and approach
Tina brings a grounded, compassionate presence to sessions and focuses on helping clients move from pain and confusion toward greater emotional health and clearer coping strategies. She combines practical, evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening and emotion-focused work to address intimacy issues, communication problems, eating and food-related concerns, and life transitions.
Tina also attends to complex presentations including co-morbidity, personality-related patterns, domestic violence, and blended family dynamics. Her practice emphasizes collaboration: she works with clients to identify goals and build skills that fit each person’s situation.
Based in Indiana and offering services in English, Tina accepts international clients and uses a range of online session formats to increase access. Prospective clients who are ready to explore change can begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to her availability.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Katina (Tina) Smith uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems that benefit from skill-building. She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening, validation, and collaborative goal setting to help clients explore feelings and build self-directed change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy appears in her work for addressing attachment and intimacy-related concerns by helping people access and rework core emotional responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Tina works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time, combining listening, skills practice, and emotion-focused interventions so clients can try what feels most helpful.
Online therapy with Tina is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care during life transitions, coordinate around work and family responsibilities, and access therapy from different locations while working with a licensed professional.
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Experience
26+ years
Licensed
Indiana
Languages
English