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Dr. LaShaunda Smith

Compassionate CBT-informed counseling

LPC Mississippi

Experience
8 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems
Languages
English
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About LaShaunda

Dr. LaShaunda Smith practices from a foundation in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while also drawing on Internal Family Systems to help clients understand patterns and relationships that shape their lives.

Background and approach

She emphasizes practical skills for managing stress and anxiety and works with people navigating relationship and family conflicts, life transitions, grief, trauma, identity concerns, and a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges. With eight years of professional experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor (MS LPC 2659) in Mississippi, she blends evidence-informed techniques with an attentive, strengths-based perspective.

Dr. Smith frames clients as experts in their own stories and partners with them to build coping strategies, clarify values, and address issues such as parenting challenges, eating concerns, self-esteem, career-related stress, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, multicultural and discrimination-related stress, forgiveness work, and women’s issues. She encourages those taking the first step toward change, offering support through practical tools and collaborative work toward more sustainable patterns.

Online therapy with CBT and Internal Family Systems

Dr. LaShaunda Smith draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete coping skills for stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and daily challenges. She also uses Internal Family Systems to explore different internal parts and how they interact, which can be useful for relationship patterns, trauma recovery, and self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. She works with clients to assess needs, goals, and personal preferences and will tailor techniques from CBT and IFS to fit each person’s situation rather than applying a single method across the board.

Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide scheduling flexibility and accessibility for different lifestyles. These formats allow clients to engage in skills practice, parts work, and reflective conversations from locations that work best for them, while maintaining consistent therapeutic momentum between appointments.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address most often?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, coping with life changes, trauma and abuse, grief, eating concerns, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her practice is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with additional use of Internal Family Systems, combining structured skills training with exploration of internal parts and relational patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings eight years of professional counseling experience working with individuals facing emotional, relational, and life-transition challenges.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Mississippi and holds the credential MS LPC 2659.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTTrauma and abuseGriefEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careBlended family issuesCommitment issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessJealousyLife purposeMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Internal Family Systems

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Mississippi

Languages

English