About Anastasia
Anastasia Smith-McEwen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, grief, and issues related to addiction and ADHD. She also supports people facing career challenges, bipolar symptoms, low self-esteem, anger, and life changes. Anastasia draws on a range of practical approaches to meet each person where they are.
She has practiced mental health counseling for 11 years across several settings in Mississippi.
How Anastasia works
Her background includes work as a home-based foster care counselor, a crisis counselor at a community mental health center, and a therapist on an acute inpatient unit. Those roles exposed her to individual, group, and family work with children, adolescents, and adults. In sessions she focuses on simple, concrete steps people can use between meetings.
Techniques often include cognitive behavior work to notice and change unhelpful thoughts, solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals, and client-centered listening to keep the conversation grounded in the person's priorities. Mindfulness tools are also used to ease intense emotion in the moment. Anastasia aims to build practical coping skills over time.
She helps people break problems into manageable pieces and test small changes. She also works with motivation and readiness when someone is stuck and wants to move forward. Her approach is direct but compassionate.
She emphasizes collaboration, offering options and inviting feedback so the plan fits each person's life and goals.
Anastasia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Anastasia works with
The areas below are the ones Anastasia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
How Anastasia’s Methods Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people decide what matters most. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflecting concerns and encouraging ownership of goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to notice thoughts that make feelings worse and to test different thoughts and behaviors to see what changes. These methods suit worries like anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anastasia will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose techniques to try and adjust them over time, with the client guiding the pace and focus.
Online sessions offer flexible options to fit everyday life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when visual cues help. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between appointments or for people who prefer writing. These formats help people access therapy from different locations and routines while keeping the focus on clear, practical steps.
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