About LaShaunda
Dr. LaShaunda Smith uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and family conflict. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi with eight years of experience.
She speaks English and works with adults on a range of life challenges. Dr. Smith focuses on clear, hands-on strategies that people can try between sessions.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going.
How LaShaunda works
She also works with Internal Family Systems ideas to help people understand different parts of themselves and how those parts interact. Her work commonly addresses life transitions, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around parenting and blended family dynamics. She also supports people navigating identity-related stress including LGBT concerns, multicultural pressures, and prejudice or discrimination.
Dr. Smith helps with mood-related concerns such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, eating challenges, and compassion fatigue. Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative.
She treats clients as experts on their own lives and helps build on strengths to make change feel doable. Practical tools, short experiments, and new ways of seeing problems are typical parts of the work. Dr.
Smith wants people to feel understood and to gain real skills for daily life. Starting therapy takes courage, and she encourages every person who reaches out to take that step toward clearer thinking and calmer days.
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What LaShaunda works with
The areas below are the ones LaShaunda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
How CBT and Parts Work Translate to Online Therapy
Dr. Smith commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that make life harder. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework that fit well into video or messaging formats. Internal Family Systems focuses on identifying the different parts of a person - for example an anxious part or a protective part - and learning how those parts relate. That work can be done in conversation and in written reflection during sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose techniques together. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the approach over time so it fits each person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflections, and quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and daily routines while using CBT or parts-based methods in ways that work for each person.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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