Yiasha Smith, LPC

Yiasha Smith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on helping people navigate depression, trauma, anxiety, and life transitions. She draws on six years of clinical experience and aims to create a space where clients feel heard and understood. Sessions emphasize practical steps to reduce negative thoughts and improve day-to-day functioning.

Yiasha often works with young adults managing change and people living with chronic mental health challenges. She brings a steady, positive presence and keeps the work focused and goal-oriented. Conversations are aimed at identifying unhelpful thought patterns and replacing them with more workable habits.

Her approach mixes client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral strategies. That means people are invited to talk through what matters most, and then practice small changes between sessions. Motivational techniques and solution-focused methods are also used to help move toward clear goals.

Sessions typically balance talking, skill-building, and planning. Yiasha emphasizes respect for people’s time and aims to make sessions feel collaborative rather than directive. She wants clients to leave with concrete next steps they can try in daily life.

People come for a range of concerns beyond mood and trauma. These include relationship strain, stress, addiction-related problems, grief, body image and parenting stress. The work can include short-term problem solving or longer-term support, depending on each person’s needs.

How Yiasha Uses Practical Approaches Online

Client-centered work focuses on understanding each person's experience. The therapist listens without judgment and helps people set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones through small, practical exercises. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes building skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication in stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, needs, and how they prefer to work. Together they’ll decide whether to emphasize skills practice, motivational work, or a supportive, client-centered pace.

Session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, allowing a shorter check-in during a lunch break or avoiding travel time. It can also let people focus on skill practice between meetings and bring real-life situations straight into discussion. Licensed professionals adapt methods to fit each person's routine and goals rather than offering one fixed path.