About Katina
Katina (Tina) Smith is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Indiana who helps people facing relationship struggles, trauma, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports clients with addictions, eating and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, bipolar disorder, and major life changes. Tina writes simply and speaks directly to what is hard right now.
Tina brings 26 years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on listening first and then helping people find practical steps forward.
How Katina works
Sessions typically mix talking through painful events with tools to manage feelings and behavior in day-to-day life. Her style is down-to-earth and straightforward. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can say what they need to say.
Tina often combines client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally focused approaches. She also draws on mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, set realistic goals, and keep moving forward. Narrative ideas are used when it helps people reframe their story and reduce blame.
Tina has worked across many concerns including abandonment, codependency, communication problems, domestic violence, blended family issues, cancer-related stress, and coping after natural or human-caused disaster. Her work centers on helping people regain emotional balance and practical coping skills so they can make clearer choices.
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What Katina works with
The areas below are the ones Katina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy puts the person and their goals at the center of each session. Tina listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people decide what matters most to work on. This approach helps with relationship strain, grief, and feeling stuck.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying difficult thoughts and testing them in real life. It offers clear steps to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful behavior by changing thoughts and routines.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) attends to core emotions and attachment patterns to improve how people relate to themselves and others. It can be useful for intimacy issues, commitment concerns, and healing from relational wounds.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tina will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and what actually helps in sessions. She tailors tools and exercises to the person rather than sticking to one method.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep progress steady.
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