About Rita
Dr. Rita Smith blends client-centered work with practical strategies to help people change how they feel and act. She offers straightforward support for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and career concerns.
Dr. Smith has 25 years of experience and uses familiar methods to help people move forward. Her approach starts by listening closely.
She creates space for clients to say what matters and then helps set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often include exercises to shift unhelpful thoughts and small steps people can try between meetings.
How Rita works
Dr. Smith has worked in community agencies, university settings, independent practice, and military installations. That range has shaped a flexible way of working that fits many kinds of life situations.
She focuses on issues such as grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and intimacy-related concerns. Therapy can also address workplace stress, self-esteem, communication problems, and life purpose. She supports people facing divorce, infidelity, isolation, or struggles around identity and LGBT concerns.
Practical coaching is available alongside traditional counseling when a clearer plan is helpful. Clients can expect direct, easy-to-follow suggestions and collaborative planning. Dr.
Smith holds an MD and is licensed as an LCPC and an LPC in Georgia. She provides services in English and works with people who want down-to-earth help for real-life problems.
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What Rita works with
The areas below are the ones Rita 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
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online change
Dr. Smith uses client-centered work to focus on what matters most to each person. This approach starts by listening and then finding goals that feel useful. It helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and deciding next steps in life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT gives clear tools and experiments people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage anger, or shift mood patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate on what fits a client's needs, goals, and preferences rather than imposing a single method. Together they can adjust methods as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make meetings practical. Video works well for conversational therapy and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins, short coaching, or when writing helps people organize thoughts. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied daily lives.
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