Tanya Smith, LPC
Therapist in South Carolina
Tanya Smith is an LPC with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and anger.
- License 7676 · South Carolina Expires August 2027
- NPI 1952959280 · national registry
- Experience and languages 15+ years in practice English
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About Tanya
Tanya Smith is an LPC with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and anger. She supports concerns like self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting strains, and coping with life changes. Tanya also works with people facing ADHD, bipolar challenges, and LGBT-related questions.
Her style is warm and direct. She focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. Tanya listens for patterns in relationships and everyday habits, then helps people name small changes that make life easier.
Background and approach
She draws on several approaches to tailor work to each person. That can include tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Attachment-based ideas help when early relationship patterns affect current bonds.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques are offered to help people clarify values and take workable steps toward them. Tanya aims to make sessions collaborative. She helps clients set clear goals and checks progress regularly.
People can expect straightforward conversation, skill practice, and planning for real-life situations. Based in South Carolina, Tanya brings fifteen years of practice experience to common and complex concerns. She also attends to additional areas like adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and communication problems.
Her work emphasizes respect for each person’s background and lived experience.
Credentials
- LPC (South Carolina)
- License 7676 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1952959280 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tanya lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tanya names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Tanya names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Approaches for online progress and practical change
Many people find cognitive behavioral therapy helpful for spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and low mood. CBT gives concrete exercises to practice between sessions and clear ways to track progress.Attachment-based therapy looks at how earlier relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react strongly in relationships and then try new, more helpful ways of connecting. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed actions even when feelings are difficult; it can help with stress, chronic worry, and life transitions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan as needed to find what fits best.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for quick check-ins or between-session coaching. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, school, or caregiving routines.
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Frequently asked
What issues does Tanya commonly address?
Tanya supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting concerns, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her style is warm and direct, focused on collaboration and practical steps. She blends client-centered listening with skills-based work to help people practice changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working with a range of emotional and relational concerns and additional focus areas such as adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and chronic illness.
Where is Tanya licensed and based?
Tanya holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and is based in South Carolina.
What languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she offer online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tanya?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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