About Beth
Beth Anne Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She brings eight years of counseling experience and speaks directly to people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns. She is also a person who is hard of hearing and incorporates that lived perspective into her work.
Beth Anne uses straightforward, collaborative sessions that focus on goals clients set together. She aims for a warm, respectful tone and avoids stigmatizing labels.
How Beth works
Sessions are interactive and geared toward practical steps clients can try between meetings. Her work draws on client-centered therapy to build a strong working relationship and on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are added when useful to support motivation and emotional regulation.
Treatment plans are shaped around each person's needs and life circumstances. She has experience addressing a wide range of concerns, including mood and panic disorders, trauma-related stress, substance use, body image, intimacy issues, workplace challenges, and career questions. She also attends to communication problems, forgiveness, self-esteem, and questions of life purpose.
Beth Anne accommodates people who are hearing impaired or visually impaired and brings attention to accessibility in sessions. Her style suits people who want practical tools, clear goals, and a counselor who respects lived experience. If someone prefers structured steps along with empathic listening, her approach may be a fit.
Beth lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Beth works with
The areas below are the ones Beth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting working relationship. It emphasizes the client's goals and values and helps people feel heard while they make changes.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and respond differently to triggers.
Mindfulness therapy brings attention to the present moment and simple practices for reducing reactivity. It can help with stress, panic symptoms, and improving awareness of urges or cravings.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be shaped together. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques to try. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods over time if something is not helpful.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility needs. Video calls let visual cues and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when lower bandwidth is needed or the client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and coaching-style support possible between longer sessions. These options allow therapy to fit around work, family, and daily life.
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