Erin Smith

Erin Smith is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with nine years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She works with adults, adolescents, and children in individual and group settings, and has experience supporting couples and families. Common concerns she sees include anger, addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and parenting strain.

Erin focuses first on building a working relationship. She believes a solid connection makes counseling more useful. In sessions she aims to be present, compassionate, and straightforward. She listens to where a person is now and where they want to go next.

Her style blends strength-based work with cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused techniques. That means identifying skills people already have, testing small changes, and practicing new ways of responding to stress and urges. She also uses approaches that look at thoughts, behavior patterns, and interpersonal attachment to support recovery.

Erin helps people set clear goals and checks in about what methods feel helpful. She encourages open communication about therapeutic tools and adjusts strategies as needed. The emphasis is on practical steps that can be used outside of sessions.

She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Kentucky. People who choose therapy with Erin are offered a collaborative process that aims to reduce overwhelm and increase confidence in handling anger, cravings, setbacks, and everyday problems.

Approaches to use in online therapy

Erin commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, and Client-Centered principles in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on values-based action to guide daily choices. Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationship patterns shape current interactions and help people practice different ways of relating to others. Client-Centered therapy emphasizes listening, respect, and meeting each person where they are to build trust and motivation for change.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Erin works collaboratively to figure out what methods fit a person's goals and day-to-day life, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan based on progress and preference.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use the same skills-based exercises, value clarification, and behavior tracking in remote sessions, helping people practice new responses to anger, cravings, and stress between meetings.